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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.

Turning Trash to Natural Gas: Utilities Fight for Their Future Amid Climate Change A giant landfill in Washington state is producing natural gas from decaying trash. The gas industry is promoting such projects to fend off legislative attempts to spur greater electrification of buildings. Hal Bernton, Seattle Times March 4, 2021 Each day more than 12 million pounds of garbage is dumped, spread, compacted and finally covered with a layer of dirt at the Klickitat County landfill owned by Republic ...

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.

Inslee Proposes Washington Go Electric, but Natural Gas Seeking to Remain Relevant With an anti-fossil fuel push across the Pacific Northwest, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee recently rolled out a climate change program that focuses on electrification to decarbonize. Inslee’s proposal comes in the wake of anticipated legislation next year to create a cap-and-trade program and a low-carbon fuel standard. Lawmakers earlier this year had directed the state Commerce Department to update an energy stra...