Oregon Federal Judge OKs River Contamination Cleanup Decrees Amid Intervenor Qualms

( October 28, 2025, 4:31 PM EDT) -- PORTLAND, Ore. — A litany of past and present owners and operators of shipping and manufacturing facilities that were sued by the United States and a group of trustee organizations and tribes for allegedly contaminating the Willamette River through operations performed in the Portland Harbor over the last century will pay more than $36 million to restore habitats and reimburse litigation and other costs after a federal judge in Oregon granted a motion to enter two consent decrees despite objections from several intervenors....