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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, which blocked action by majority Democrats on climate-change and other pending legislation. Democrats we...

The program is designed to help homeowners install solar panels quickly, and for a lower cost.

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 within their regulatory jurisdictions. As EO 20-04 turns a year old, many of those agencies have prepare...