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Oregon’s wildfire season is off to an early and dangerous start.  Already, dozens of wildfires have burned nearly 2 million acres – more than four times last year’s total. At least 24,000 Oregonians are currently under some level of evacuation notice. Families across the state a

Ten years ago, OEC championed a bold step toward a cleaner future. The Clean Fuels Program was built on an elegant, yet transformative idea: Reward cleaner transportation fuels, encourage industry innovation, and reduce climate pollution from the state’s biggest emissions sources. Despite significant hurdles, the program has been a resounding success at the ten-year m

Yesterday morning, the Climate Protection Program took an important step forward: The Environmental Quality Commission (EQC) officially named CALSTART as the entity to carry out the program’s community climate investments (CCIs). These investments benefit Oregonians hit first and worst by climate change — including Tribal, rural, low-income, and BIPOC communities. What do these CCIs look like in practice? Here are just a few examples: Better access to efficient h

Federal air quality standards are being rolled back left and right. Since Trump took office, federal agencies have stripped regulations that protect us from mercury and

On May 18th, the Oregon Clean Grid Collaborative (OCGC) hosted the Clean Grid Summit in Salem, bringing together more than 100 attendees, including representatives from 13 legislative offices, to discuss the future of Oregon’s electric grid and the policies needed to support a reliable, affordable, and clean energy future.  Through three panels, speakers explored the competing priorities shaping energy policy, the r

If you’ve done any traveling in Oregon, you’re no stranger to the gorgeous landscapes our state has to offer – the lush, rolling hills of the Willamette Valley, the Tolkienesque cliffslides of the Columbia River Gorge, the high-desert drama of Central Oregon. But if you’ve hit the road in the past few years, you might have noticed some new additions to the vistas around you: sprawling, nondescript buildings in the d

When Oregon Business & Industry filed a lawsuit to repeal the CPP in April, we knew we had to take action. So we did. This morning, we joined forces with our coalition partners to intervene in the lawsuit and defend this critical program in court. Read all the details in the press release below, and

Late last year, OEC and a coalition of aligned plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against the IRS over Trump’s unlawful rollback of tax credits for wind and solar energy projects. Yesterday, a federal judge made her ruling: We won the lawsuit! Read the full press release below. To stay up to date with the latest news as the case develops, be sur