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Oregon's Climate Protection Program returns after being struck down in court

PORTLAND, Ore. — The state of Oregon is back on track to pursue one of the most aggressive programs to address climate change in the nation following a year-long interlude brought on by a court ...
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Oregon’s emissions-limiting program returns after being struck down by appeals court

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon’s Climate Protection Program is set to make a comeback about a year after an appeals court determined it was invalid. The program the Environmental Quality Commission ...
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Oregon officials warn of an early, prolonged 2026 wildfire season as low snowpack and record drought dry out forests weeks ahead of schedule

By late May, the forests of eastern Oregon are usually still holding moisture from a slow spring snowmelt. This year, that ...

Oregon gardeners are adapting to climate change. Now, they’re learning to grieve what’s been lost

Gardening is an act of optimism, a belief in the future based on predicting the seasons, but climate change is making it harder, said LeAnn Locher of Oregon State University Extension’s Master ...
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Oregon’s Polluters Pay Act could charge fossil fuel companies for climate damages

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon state lawmakers are considering a bill that would make the largest fossil fuel companies pay “their fair share” of damages to the state for emissions driving climate ...
Capital Press

Farm groups foresee challenges to reinstated Oregon climate protection plan

Oregon regulators have reinstated a “climate protection program” previously overturned by a lawsuit, but the revised version may face new challenges in the statehouse and the courthouse. “I would not ...
OPB

Trump targets climate laws with order that could derail Oregon’s efforts

Oregon’s effort to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions through state policies could face challenges from the White House after President Donald Trump signed an executive order barring state and local ...
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Oregon commission approves redo of landmark climate program after gas industry lawsuit derailed it

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Oregon’s keystone plan to regulate fossil fuel companies and reduce planet-warming greenhouse gas pollution will be reinstated in early 2025 after being derailed for nearly a ...
Oregonian

100s rally for Oregon ‘Climate Superfund’ bill to make Oregon polluters pay for extreme weather damages

As federal support wanes for programs that help reduce climate change impacts, Oregon legislators are working on a bill that would make fossil fuel companies pay for the damages and economic losses ...
Willamette Week

Oregon’s Climate Protection Program Costs Far More Than Other States’—and Is Far Less Accountable

This story was produced by the Oregon Journalism Project, a nonprofit newsroom covering the state. WOODBURN — Tom Fessler and his son, Kyle, are trying to do the right thing, but the right thing is ...
Forbes

Will Oregon Save Its Climate Or Destroy Its Economy?

PORTLAND, OR - MAY 19: A state-of-the-art Mitsubishi 501G gas turbine is shown at PGE's new 400 megawatt Port Westward Generating Plant May 19, 2006 near Clatskanie, Oregon. Port Westword, which is ...
OPB

Tracking Oregon’s progress in reducing climate impact of its public employees retirement fund

In 2024, former Oregon state Treasurer Tobias Read unveiled a plan to make the state’s public employees retirement fund investments achieve net zero emissions by 2050. Last September, Gov. Tina Kotek ...