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Climate Budget for 2024: Lowering Families’ Housing and Transportation Costs
A Climate Budget brings an equitable and rapid transition from fossil fuels to clean energy closer within reach while increasing the resilience of our communities. Funding to enable urgently needed home repairs and efficiency upgrades and to make new and used electric vehicles more affordable will lower the cost of living, improve health and resilience, and reduce climate pollution. Supporting needed investment in these popular programs was requested during the 2023 legislative session, and needed more than ever.
Affordable Energy Bills and Resilient Housing: $15M for Healthy Homes Program
Affordable Access to Clean Transportation: $20M for Charge Ahead EV rebates
Our Priority Bills to Accelerate our Clean Energy Future and Promote Economic Development:
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Last updated 2/6/2024
Read on for the latest updates on Climate Solutions' work in Oregon:
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If you live in the greater Portland area, your voice is needed to tell TriMet that you support frequent, affordable, zero emission transit…
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A southern Oregon transit leader shares what it takes to for his rural community to make the switch to electric buses.
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US support increases for phasing out coal; some utilities show a greater taste for renewables, and more in this week's ClimateCast.
by Mara Gross on
Press Release: Oregon's Clean Energy Jobs Bill passed out of House and Senate committees
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On Oregon's birthday, State House and Senate Committees both advance the Clean Energy Jobs bill.
by Devon Downeysmith on
In this week's ClimateCast: An Oregon bill seeks to account for the true cost of climate pollution. Clean energy deployments are on the rise--but so…
by Mara Gross on
Clean energy, cost saving, job creating investments from the ten states that have already put a price on climate pollution
by Meredith Connolly on
With the Clean Energy Jobs bill, we have a huge opportunity for Oregon to take a bold step in the fight against climate change.
by Meredith Connolly on
It’s time for Oregon’s largest transit agency to stop buying new diesel buses and make the switch to electric.
by Devon Downeysmith on
Global temperatures aren't the only thing heating up--states and cities are showing an appetite this year for strong climate policy. We've got the…
by Mara Gross on
This February, the Oregon legislature has the chance for a major climate win by passing the Clean Energy Jobs bill, which puts a limit and price…
by Meredith Connolly on
As 2018 kicks off, we’re already running full steam ahead toward passing the Clean Energy Jobs bill and other strategies for…
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Yes, 2017 was an awful year in many ways. But it was also a year of transition for climate action. We and many others affirmed our ability…
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