Oregon DEQ under resourced to face enormity of climate change challenges, audit finds – Malheur Enterprise

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Oregon DEQ under resourced to face enormity of climate change challenges, audit finds – Malheur Enterprise

Oregon’s environmental regulatory agency needs more staff and funding to keep up with growing demand for its services as climate change escalates, according to a new state analysis. Auditors from the Oregon Secretary of State’s Office, who published their findings Wednesday, said Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality is understaffed and lacks resources to take on what is becoming an already large workload as drought, wildfire, flood and a…