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 agencies to tackle the issue of climate change after the legislature adjourned early rather than address it.
Oregon s 2020 legislative session saw the return of a cap-and-trade bill meant to address greenhouse gases by penalizing the biggest polluters. In a repeat of the 2019 session, Republican lawmakers walked out to deny a quorum but unlike 2019, Democrats did not agree to give in to the minority party s demands, allowing the session to end in acrimony.
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Murmurs: Kotek Wants to Bolster DEQ’s Authority In other news: Vaccines for most by April 21. NW Metals in 2018. (Sam Gehrke) Updated March 10
KOTEK WANTS TO BOLSTER DEQ s AUTHORITY: House Speaker Tina Kotek (D-Portland) reacted strongly to the catastrophic 2018 fire at NW Metals, a car scrapping business located in her district. Now she wants to prevent the scrapper from operating at a new location. As
WW reported last week, ( Hell on Wheels, March 3, 2021), the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is on the cusp of issuing NW Metals an operating permit, in part because the agency believes current law does not allow it to hold previous bad actions against applicants. Kotek wants to close that loophole and will introduce a bill that would allow the agency to consider an applicant s compliance hi
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March 10, 2021
Benton County in High Risk
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Finally! Benton County has moved down from Extreme to High Risk on the Governor’s scale. This means more things will be opened, and it allows for some indoor dining. Of course, the counties around Benton are moving to Moderate Risk – as is Multnomah County which is a head scratcher – but let’s be glass-half-full folks and keep toeing the line toward the end goal of everyone being well.
FEMA Coming Through
Benton County will use a $3.1 million loan from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to support mass vaccination clinics. Benton has one of the highest vaccination rates per capita, and these funds will keep that moving forward in spite of the fact that the county will not be getting more vaccines than usual. Benton County will be partnering with Linn and Lincoln counties to operate the clinics