Opinion Opinion: Three key initiatives in Oregon’s fight against climate change Published: Apr. 10, 2022, 6:00 a.m.

Around 100 public transit and environmental advocates descended on the Oregon State Capitol on Thursday to urge lawmakers to allocate more funding for public transit and other climate-friendly ...

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality will ask the Oregon Legislature for $6.5 million in additional funding to address problems identified in a state audit last spring. Auditors from the ...

A Biden-era program to ensure 40% of new federal climate, housing, clean energy and clean water funding went to projects and ...

Lawmakers have proposed additional measures, Senate Bills 543 and 544, that also focus on making Oregon a more sustainable state. “SB 543 would phase out expanded polystyrene foodware, packing ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The Environmental Center’s Rethink Waste Project has been awarded the highly competitive Reduce, Reuse, Reimagine Materials Management grant for its Reuse Bend initiative ...

The Senate GOP walkout and the death of Oregon's high-profile climate bill dominated the end of the 2019 legislative session. But the bill was just one of many environmental initiatives that ...

Oregon has tried several times to enact a cap-and-trade program, but the Legislature has not been able to reach compromise to advance legislation. In March 2020 the governor issued Executive Order ...

science environment Proposed Oregon Ballot Measures Could Open New Front In Greenhouse Gas War By Dirk VanderHart (OPB) Oct. 7, 2019 12:58 p.m.

Gov. Kate Brown convened what would become known as the Private Forest Accord in 2020 to avoid Oregon citizens being faced with competing ballot measures on forestry regulations that year.

science environment Gov. Kate Brown Wants Environmental Rules Upheld In Oregon When Feds Roll Them Back By Jes Burns (OPB) Oct. 3, 2018 9:15 a.m.