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Environmental groups criticized Avista for raising natural gas prices while using ratepayer money on lawyers fighting climate regulations.

House Republicans have held up a vote on a package full of climate bills, claiming a substantive word was changed too late in the process.

House Republicans have held up a vote on a package full of climate bills, claiming a substantive word was changed too late in the process.

Oregon’s utility regulators on Tuesday told the state’s largest gas supplier, NW Natural, that its long term plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in coming years is insufficient to meet state climate goals.

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The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the state $3 million, and the Portland metro area $1 million, to develop strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and develop clean energy economies.

The Oregon Global Warming Commission recently released two reports that provide recommendations to state agencies and lawmakers on how to quickly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Some of those include continuing existing climate policies, using the best available science to keep track of emissions, and requiring agencies to report on their climate progress.

<p><strong>NW Natural, which has been criticized for its response to electrification efforts in Eugene and Milwaukie, calls Milwaukie’s resolutions ‘illogical’</strong></p>

Oregon has fallen further behind in its effort to reach the greenhouse-gas emissions target it was supposed to achieve by 2020 and needs to be much more aggressive in slashing