2015: Launched Renew Oregon, the most powerful coalition ever assembled in Oregon to fight for climate protection
Oregon Climate Action Plan Turns Two!
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
March 11, 2022, 6:02 pm
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2016: Co-led the charge to make Oregon the first state ever to pass a law to go coal-free
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.
January 1, 2016, 7:35 pm
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2015: More than 500 Oregon businesses sign the Oregon Business Climate Declaration
January 1, 2015, 7:32 pm
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2014: First non-profit in Oregon
To move our endowment funds into a 100% impact investment portfolio. Our portfolio divests from companies at odds with our mission and invests in corporations that excel in environmental and social responsibility.
January 1, 2014, 7:30 pm
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2009 + 2010 Helped pass legislation directing the Portland region (and encouraging Oregon’s other major urban areas) to use climate-friendly transportation and land use planning to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
January 1, 2009, 7:12 pm
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2007-2009: 20% of Oregon’s wineries..
reduced their carbon footprint through our Carbon Neutral Challenge
January 1, 2007, 7:09 pm
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