Oregon Legislates: Our Climate Priorities for 2024
Climate Budget for 2024: Lowering Families’ Housing and Transportation Costs
A Climate Budget brings an equitable and rapid transition from fossil fuels to clean energy closer within reach while increasing the resilience of our communities. Funding to enable urgently needed home repairs and efficiency upgrades and to make new and used electric vehicles more affordable will lower the cost of living, improve health and resilience, and reduce climate pollution. Supporting needed investment in these popular programs was requested during the 2023 legislative session, and needed more than ever.
Affordable Energy Bills and Resilient Housing: $15M for Healthy Homes Program
Affordable Access to Clean Transportation: $20M for Charge Ahead EV rebates
Our Priority Bills to Accelerate our Clean Energy Future and Promote Economic Development:
Our Legislative update linked below:
Last updated 2/6/2024
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Climate Solutions has this guiding principle: there is an identified need for offshore wind in Oregon to achieve our 100% clean energy goals, …
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by Meredith Connolly on
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by Greer Ryan on
Avista is seeking to increase gas bills to expand the gas system when they should be shrinking it. Oregon h
by Juan M. Muñoz Jiménez on
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by Greer Ryan on
NW Natural doesn't have a realistic plan to meet Oregon's climate goals. Tell the Commission to send them back to the drawing board.
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By denying quorum for the state Senate to do business, Oregon's Senate Republicans have ground all progress in the Oregon legislature — and even the…
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We think you’ll agree: Every single Oregonian deserves to be protected from the climate crisis.
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Did you know the Oregon Legislature hasn’t updated our state climate goals in over 15 years?
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Offshore wind is picking up across the country. Also: in the Northwest, climate progress is likely to face a challenge in Washington, and Oregon courts have delayed implementation of the Climate Protection Program.