The task force advises state agencies on how to protect all communities from pollution, enact laws equitably, and involve traditionally under-represented communities in agency actions.
Helped secure Environmental Protection Agency regulations for the Northwest that have reduced benzene in gasoline by approximately 70%.
Two years ago, Governor Kate Brown made history when she signed the Oregon Climate Action Plan (OCAP), executive order 20-04. It’s the largest executive action on climate in Oregon history, and arguably the biggest single climate action ever undertaken by the state given its broad sweep. OCAP set in motion a broad array of state agency activities to respond to the climate crisis by reducing climate emissions from our state’s largest polluting sec
Oregon will transition off of coal-fired electric power and replace it with clean, renewable energy, putting Oregon on the path to having one of the cleanest energy mixes in the world.
[…] strengthening the Agricultural Water Quality program at the Oregon Department of Agriculture, the Carbon Neutral Challenge program for wineries, the Climate Friendly Nurseries project, and the Pesticide Stewardship […]
Allison Hensey | Oregon Environmental Council
October 3, 2018 (2:55 pm)
[…] strengthening the Agricultural Water Quality program at the Oregon Department of Agriculture, the Carbon Neutral Challenge program for wineries, the Climate Friendly Nurseries project, and the Pesticide Stewardship […]