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People organizing for the wellbeing of our communities and environment.

La Grande, OR Katılım Şubat 2009
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Las oficinas de Oregon Rural Action permanecerán cerradas del 24 de diciembre al 2 de enero. Reabriremos nuestras puertas el 5 de enero. ¡Felices fiestas de invierno! ORA's office is closed Dec. 24 through Jan. 2. Our office will be open again on Jan. 5. Happy Winter Holidays!
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Several residents of Oregon’s Morrow County have filed another lawsuit over groundwater pollution in the Umatilla basin, alleging additional defendants have contributed to the problem. eastoregonian.com/2025/12/06/ano…
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"Hay tantos actores maliciosos a la vez”, dice Lay. “Cada uno de estos contaminadores tiene responsabilidad directa por la contaminación que generan y deben rendir cuentas." rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…
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"There are so many bad actors all at once,” says Lay. “Each of these polluters bears direct responsibility for the pollution that they’re putting out there and they should be held responsible." rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…
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The volume of water needed to cool the servers in data centers has become a nationwide water resource issue. Volume isn’t the most pressing problem in Morrow County, however. The issue is pollution, which Amazon’s data centers have exacerbated since its arrival in 2011. More: rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…
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How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages. Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @fernnews: rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…

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When reached for comment, Amazon spokesperson Lisa Levandowski replied, “the apparent narrative” of this story “is misleading and inaccurate.” “Our data centers draw water from the same supply as other community members; nitrates are not an additive we use in any of our processes, and the volume of water our facilities use and return represents only a very small fraction of the overall water system — not enough to have any meaningful impact on water quality.” Read more: rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…
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How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages. Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @fernnews: rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…

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How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages. Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @fernnews: rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…
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Kathy Mendoza, a former Morrow County worker, links her debilitating joint and muscle condition to nitrates in her water. “How can you live with yourself knowing that the water you put in people’s houses is causing miscarriages or cancer? And they’re still making money with it, every time those deals get cut for new data centers.” Read: rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…
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How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages. Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @fernnews: rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…

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For more than 30 years after Oregon officially declared the Lower Umatilla Basin’s groundwater pollution, the state is on the verge of adopting rules to monitor nitrates in the area: opb.org/article/2025/1…
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"Nonprofits in Oregon are stepping in where government officials are delaying action. Oregon Rural Action has advocated for cleaner groundwater, as nitrate levels are also rising in local waterways, as reported by OPB." thecooldown.com/green-tech/pfa…
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