Oregon Rural Action

ORA's Director of Policy & Research, Kaleb, joins Rumble On The River Community Forum #30 to talk about data centers and their impacts on the regions air, land, and water. youtube.com/watch?v=6FKvEO…

BOARDMAN — Residents in Boardman will pay a higher rate for water starting July 1. The Boardman City Council at its meeting May 5 approved a new rate structure. The […] eastoregonian.com/2026/05/15/boa…

BOARDMAN – The Morrow County Clean Water Consortium met with some resistance on Wednesday, May 13, when it presented its plan to bring clean drinking water to the residents of […] eastoregonian.com/2026/05/15/boa…

ORA's Kaleb Lay talks about the impacts data centers have on groundwater in the Breaking Green Podcast episode called: "Data Centers And Industrial Farming Are Fueling A Groundwater Crisis". Click the link below to listen to the interview. globaljusticeecology.org/breaking-green…

ORA's Kaleb Lay was interviewed for the latest KBOO Community Radio segment called: "Data Centers and Ground Water Pollution in the Lower Umatilla Basin". Click the link below to listen to the interview. kboo.fm/media/133166-d…

"Nitrates at low concentrations in drinking water have been linked to thyroid disease, gastric, kidney, bladder and colon cancers, preterm births and birth defects, and other health harms." news8000.com/lifestyle/heal…

Over 62 million Americans — roughly 1 in 5 people — may be exposed to potentially dangerous levels of nitrates in their tap water, a new report has shown. A compound of nitrogen and oxygen found naturally in air, water, soil and plants, nitrates become a health risk when rainfall causes nitrogen-rich fertilizers used in agriculture to leach into groundwater, streams and rivers and end up in public water systems miles downstream. yahoo.com/news/articles/…

A new report from Rolling Stone alleges an Amazon data center in the U.S. state of Oregon is worsening nitrate levels in its drinking water, which is linked to an increase in cancers and miscarriage rates. The data center pulls water to cool its systems from Morrow County’s main source of water, discharging water that’s more concentrated with fertilizer byproducts from farm runoff. Amazon says its cooling process does not add any nitrates to the water and denies a direct link to the higher concentrations of nitrates in local water, telling Rolling Stone the report was “misleading.”

💧Tech giant Amazon will pay $20.5 million to settle with northeast Oregonians living with contaminated groundwater in exchange for no admission of guilt in the pollution. Read more: portlandtribune.com/2026/03/31/ama…

Amazon has settled with the residents of Morrow County, Oregon, on Tuesday, agreeing to pay $20.5 million for the company’s alleged contributions to the region’s nitrate pollution from its data centers. mynorthwest.com/local/amazon-o…

Amazon settles Oregon nitrate pollution lawsuit for $20.5M #Echobox=1775073132" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">kiro7.com/news/local/ama…

BREAKING: Amazon is set to pay $20.5 milion in the settlement of a class action suit over pollution in Eastern Oregon. While the tech giant denies its data centers worsen nitrate contamination in Morrow County groundwater, its money will fund construction of private wells and public water-treatment projects. Our story, in partnership with @FERNnews: rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…

Oregon Capital Chronicle - Groups at odds over proposed nitrate pollution rules for farmers in northeast Oregon. Hear the full article: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/01/12/gro…

You can watch part two here: kptv.com/2025/12/23/mor…

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!

You can watch the segment here: youtube.com/watch?v=iC16NY…

Data centers strain water supply in Oregon town already facing pollution crisis kptv.com/2025/12/22/dat…

Give a listen to the latest Coast Range Radio Podcast - Is Amazon Fueling A Water Crisis in Oregon? buzzsprout.com/1046044?client…

Hillsboro Herald: “The Precedent Is Flint”: Rolling Stone Links Amazon Data Centers to Poisoned Oregon Wells. Hillsboro Should Pay Attention hillsboroherald.com/the-precedent-…

OPB - Lawsuit accuses PGE, Tillamook Creamery of fueling nitrate pollution in Eastern Oregon opb.org/article/2025/1…