Oregon fills leadership gap on parallel COVID, climate crises
Oregon's legislature just established an ambitious statewide timeline for adopting zero-emission cars, buses, and commercial vehicles.
Where better to eliminate tailpipe pollution than the buses that haul our kids to and from school every day?
Fresh from some serious clean energy wins in Washington, we're ready to confront the next big climate challenge: transportation.
For the first time in memory—and maybe ever—climate change is a top priority for the Washington Legislature. There are multiple landmark climate policies moving forward; The momentum is strong, and the stakes are high. Here’s an update on our top climate priorities.
Testimony focused on increased job and economic growth opportunities, climate and public health benefits.
The city is working to become entirely equitable, delightfully livable, and completely sustainable.
The Portland region's largest transit agency has committed to transitioning to a 100% clean, diesel-free bus fleet over the next two decades.
Milwaukie, OR has joined with Portland and Multnomah County, calling for transit agency TriMet to kick diesel and rapidly electrify their bus fleet! These local governments are ordering up clean air and climate stability, by paving the way to a 100% clean energy future.
From accelerating the transition of Oregon’s most populous city and county to clean energy, to inspiring other jurisdictions to pass their own resolutions, Portland and Multnomah County's 100% clean energy resolutions are proving worthy of an anniversary celebration.
Spring is in the air, and climate action is on the move in Oregon.
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Washington must address the climate pollution that comes from our largest source of it—transportation.
Climate progress confirmed as a top-tier political issue. Duh!
Over the course of a quick eight weeks, Washington lawmakers will consider hundreds of proposals. Here are five climate bills we need to keep top priority on their agenda.
We are excited that the City of Portland and TriMet have taken some big strides to accelerate toward 100% clean and carbon-free operations!
Earlier this week, our coalition of partners officially filed critical climate protection ballot measures with the Oregon Secretary of State's office, having collected twice as many signatures as needed to qualify.
The end of Oregon’s 2019 legislative session exposed some of the egregious corporate lobbying in Salem that blocks climate action – sometimes in public, but many times behind the scenes in the halls of the State Capitol. One of those companies is the American Automobile Association (AAA) of Oregon. Yes, the same AAA that you call for a lifeline when your car breaks down – but apparently that lifeline doesn’t extend to the climate emergency we’re currently experiencing.