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The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has extended its public input period on its proposed Climate Protection Program

SALEM — Oregon has extended the deadline for the public to comment on a plan to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions to slow the impacts of climate change.

July 29 2021 Advocacy groups want higher target for reduced greenhouse gases than proposed by Gov. Brown and state agency. As the Environmental Quality Commission prepares to hear from the public about proposed rules, two dozen environmental and other groups want to go beyond what Gov. Kate Brown has set as targets for reduction of greenhouse gases. Brown stepped in with an executive order just days after Oregon lawmakers abruptly adjourned their 2020 session amid Republican walkouts, whic...

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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The Oregon legislature is once again considering potentially far-reaching climate change legislation. But unlike prior years, Oregon agencies are not waiting to see what happens this session. As we discussed, after climate policy bills failed two legislative sessions in a row, Oregon Governor Kate Brown issued a sweeping executive order (EO 20-04) last March, which directs a host of state agencies to adopt climate change policies with...

Governor Kate Brown signs an executive order with young climate activists on March 10, 2020. The bitter 2020 legislative session ended without consideration of a major climate bill, so Governor Kate Brown signed an executive order instead. One year later, what has the order accomplished? Posted: Mar 10, 2021 5:06 PM Updated: Mar 10, 2021 5:23 PM Posted By: Jamie Parfitt SALEM, Ore. — Governor Kate Brown on Wednesday marked a year since she signed an executive order that directed state agenc...

February 12 2021 My generation needs Gov. Brown to get serious about getting all the states polluters to clean up their acts. And do so before 2050 To grow up today is to grow up during the apocalypse. In the midst of a global pandemic and climate crisis, my classmates and I are just trying to finish high school. While already trapped in our homes, the record-breaking wildfire season destroyed thousands of homes and businesses and left Oregonians breathing toxic smoke for weeks. Were gradua...

SALEM — Oregon’s plans to regulate greenhouse gas emissions through a new Climate Protection Program are facing criticism for leaving out natural gas power plants.

February 12 2021 My generation needs Gov. Brown to get serious about getting all the states polluters to clean up their acts. And do so before 2050 To grow up today is to grow up during the apocalypse. In the midst of a global pandemic and climate crisis, my classmates and I are just trying to finish high school. While already trapped in our homes, the record-breaking wildfire season destroyed thousands of homes and businesses and left Oregonians breathing toxic smoke for weeks. Were gradua...

Back to a jury. so were here for our climate change appears to be unstoppable modest will make a little money in the process. and speaking of climate change and money could the battle to save the planet be prompting germany to review a. frugal fiscal policy a senior official is reported as saying the government may ditch its much cherished balance budget to fund an expensive climate protection program for years strong growth and high employment have allowed at berlin to boost public spending wit...