The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) just announced that it would not appeal a recent decision by the Oregon Court of Appeals invalidating the Climate Protection Program (CPP), Oregon's sweeping administrative...more
With Oregon's recent implementation of rules to cap greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the entire West Coast is now subject to some form of GHG emissions cap program. We have previously discussed California's and Washington's...more
For the past two legislative sessions, the Oregon legislature tried—and failed—to pass comprehensive climate legislation. Those efforts, which were focused on a cap-and-trade, economy-wide approach, were met with such harsh...more
In an historic move, the Washington State Legislature passed two major pieces of climate change legislation in the closing days of its recent session over the weekend of April 24-25, 2021. ...more
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....more
n an earlier post, we commented on the initial plans of various Oregon state agencies to implement Governor Brown's Executive Order No. 20-04 (EO 20-04) to reduce and regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Much has happened...more
Two days after we covered the Oregon legislature's failure to enact a controversial climate bill, Governor Kate Brown took matters into her own hands and ordered sweeping new agency actions to address climate change. ...more
One of the most controversial pieces of legislation of the Oregon 2020 short legislative session continues to divide lawmakers in Salem....more
The 80th Oregon Legislative Assembly convenes today, Monday, February 3rd, for its so-called "short session," and legislators will have 35 days to look at more than 250 pieces of legislation that have already been introduced....more
The Oregon legislature’s Joint Committee on Carbon Reduction has introduced HB 2020, a highly anticipated bill that would establish a cap-and-trade system to significantly reduce greenhouse gases attributable to sources...more