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Celebrate Earth Month with BottleDrop Give!

Happy Earth Month! Obviously, this is our favorite time of year at OEC. It’s an opportunity to go on a favorite hike, connect with your community, and reflect on the beauty and bounty of our one and only planet. However, this season isn’t just about celebration: it’s also about looking ahead, and standing up for the future of our home. With ever-mounting threats from the federal administration, and the impacts of climate change continuing to escalate, it's easy to feel overwhelmed. But that doesn’t mean we're ready to throw up our hands and give up: it means now is the time to act. With all of us working together, our collective actions ...

What’s old is new: opposition edition

By Danny Schaffer More than 40 years after its passage, the bottle bill remains one of Oregon’s most celebrated laws – elevating the state’s image as a national leader for environmental policy. The bill is also an enduring source of pride for the Oregon Environmental Council, which played a key role in its passage. As a fledgling organization, launched just five years earlier, the bottle bill’s success solidified OEC’s reputation as an effective voice for principled yet pragmatic environmental policies. The bill, not surprisingly, was bitterly opposed by the beverage and container industries which dreaded that it would become a model ...