DEQ – Hasso Hering

You’re advised: There’s smog in the air

Written August 14th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 18 responses.

As if we couldn’t tell by looking around on these very hot days, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality on Monday issued an “air quality advisory” for the south Willamette Valley because of smog and wildfire smoke.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: air pollution, bicycling, DEQ, ozone, pollution advisory, smog

About that gas-power car ban in ’35

Written December 20th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 27 responses.

It’s surprising that there has been so little reaction or pushback since Oregon state rule makers on Monday went ahead with their plan to ban sales of piston-driven cars and pickups starting in 2035.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: CO2, Commission, DEQ, electric ars, emissions, gas powered cars, global warming, Oregon clean car rule, zero-emission vehicles

Riverside trash would be a federal offense

Written June 5th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 14 responses.

Willamette Riverkeeper, a Portland-based group, wants Oregon state environmental regulators to make rules declaring riverside trash to be in violation of the federal Clean Water Act.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Cox Creek, DEQ, EQC, Oregon regulators, riverside trash, Willamette River, Willamette Riverkeeper

Question for the DEQ: How much and when?

Written November 30th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 29 responses.

The Oregon state government is about to adopt a program to all but stop the use of fossil fuels over the next 28 years. It seems strange that in describing the program for the general public, the administration of Governor Brown never says what this would do to citizens in Albany and elsewhere in the […]

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Climate Protection Program, DEQ, fossil fuels, natural gas

Two years on: Water Gardens still in danger

Written August 31st, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 20 responses.

In case you have forgotten, it was more than two years ago that the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality fined Albany $5,400 and gave the city 90 days to submit a plan to stop underground leaks from the Talking Water Gardens.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: City of Albany, DEQ, groundwater, Talking Water Gardens, water leakage, Willamette River

The Waverly Duck and bigger stories

Written May 16th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 10 responses.

The Waverly Duck is back on the Albany pond for which it is named. That was one item of news the city council got in City Manager Peter Troedsson’s weekly summary Friday. The other items were a bigger deal, and one posed a puzzle.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany City Council, Albany city government, American Rescue Plan, cyberattacks, DEQ, managers report, ransom attacks, stormwater permit, Waverly duck

Freezing rain and greenhouse gases

Written February 12th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 33 responses.

While we’re having an ice storm in the Albany area and much of western Oregon, this might be a good time to think about what the state government has in mind for us in terms of our ability to get around, or to keep warm if we stay home.

Posted in: Commentary
Tags: DEQ, Executive Order 20-04, global warming, greenhouse gas reductions