Why Oregon’s climate progress is good, but still not enough
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
Read on for the latest updates on Climate Solutions' work in Oregon:
by Kimberly Larson on
A remarkable thing happened for the climate this summer. Let's dive into the details together.
by Jonathan Lee on
Panelists will share why these two rulemakings are critical for their constituents, answer questions from the audience, and discuss next steps on how…
by Jonathan Lee on
Increasingly, the Pacific Northwest sees the impacts of climate change in real time.
by Jonathan Lee on
Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality has been developing rules to hold our state's biggest polluters accountable for the first time, but we'…
by Stephanie Noren on
A federal "down payment" on climate (?), green hydrogen, and a note on this summer's extreme heat
by Jonathan Lee on
Oregon’s 2021 legislative session has come to a close. We’ve made some major progress on statewide climate action, but before we dive into those…
by Victoria Paykar on
Oregon passed two clean transportation bills so far this year, but our work isn’t over.
by Jonathan Lawson on
Last weekend's record-breaking heat dome has largely passed, but continues to wreak havoc with heat-related deaths, power outages and wildfires
by Meredith Connolly on
HUGE NEWS from Salem!! House Bill 2021, which commits Oregon to 100% clean, carbon-free energy by 2040, was just passed by the state legislature!
by Meredith Connolly on
23 days. That’s how much time is left in the legislative session in Salem.
by Stephanie Noren on
Climate tailwinds in Oregon, Ford reigns EV, and Big Oil shakedown in this week's ClimateCast
by Jonathan Lee on
Washington State enters a new climate action phase, Oregon's EV incentives get a boost, and fossil fuels are declared incompatible with a healthy…
by Victoria Paykar on
We need your help now to get these important bills across the finish line this session and get more EVs on our roads. But the work won’t stop there.
by Jonathan Lee on
By committing to 100% clean energy, Oregon is investing in new job opportunities, economic recovery, healthier air, lower utility bills, and a safer…
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Heating and powering our homes and businesses generates a significant amount of pollution contributing to global warming. With clean, energy efficient homes and buildings, we would significantly reduce climate pollution, drastically cut energy costs for owners and renters, and improve air quality where we live and work.
Today is a significant milestone for Oregon’s climate progress, but it requires a little time traveling to the cusp of the pre-COVID times to fully