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Warn your neighbor about methane
Do you and your neighbors know about the dangers of “natural” gas?

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Join Climate Solutions and Building Resilience for a community event on Wednesday, December 10th to hear all about the dangers of methane in our…

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Oregon’s New Energy Strategy Confirms the Path Forward: Clean, Affordable, Reliable

by Nora Apter on

The long-awaited Energy Strategy report is here, providing a roadmap for a clean energy transition, and, with the first-of-its-kind climate executive…

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Special Session Wrap-Up

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Our north star is simple: we need to be investing in Oregon, not DOGE’ing essential safety, transit, and climate programs or discouraging the…

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Oregon Lawmakers Pass Transportation Funding Stopgap, Leaving Critical Investments in Safety and Climate for Another Session

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Oregon lawmakers approved a transportation funding stopgap in the special session that ended Monday.

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Lower Costs and Less Pollution! What We Can Win in Gas Rate Cases

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In recent rate cases, we have secured big wins for customers and the climate! This spring, we reached an agreement with Avista Gas to reduce climate…

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Oregon has the tools to repair and revamp our aging grid

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The grid is the ‘superhighway’ on which electricity travels. It is a vast network of transmission lines and infrastructure that delivers the…

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Macro Wins for Microgrids!

by Joshua Basofin on

Last week, Governor Kotek signed two bills into law, HB 2065 and HB 2066, which will create a process for developing community-owned microgrids.…

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Fighting for lower costs and less pollution in NW Natural’s latest rate case

by Claire Prihoda on

Something is up, and unfortunately, it may be a higher utility bill for Oregon gas customers. In a time when communities are already bracing for…

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Oregon’s 2025 Legislative Session: Climate Wins, Losses, and the Road Ahead

by Nora Apter on

Oregon’s 2025 legislative session delivered mixed results for climate progress. Sound familiar? That’s because this is the second year in a row that…

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Our communities deserve a climate future, tell lawmakers to act now

by Claire Prihoda on

Oregon’s legislative session is almost over, and lawmakers have only passed one of nine critical bills in the Energy Affordability and Resilience…

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Remember when NWN was secretly piping hydrogen gas into Portland homes? Well, no more secrets.

by Claire Prihoda on

Oregon lawmakers have taken action to improve public oversight of gas utilities’ hydrogen “pipe dreams.”

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When OR lawmakers dream about transportation, what do they see?

by Brett Morgan on

After months of collective advocacy and engagement—and just 20 days remaining in session—the Legislature released its long-awaited Transportation…

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Clean Air Shouldn’t Be Optional: Climate Investments should be in the Oregon Transportation Package

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Everyday necessities shouldn’t come with everyday pollution. Yet the goods and resources we rely on are delivered by a freight system powered largely…

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Calling In: Tell Oregon lawmakers to invest in our transportation future TODAY!

by Brett Morgan on

Right now, Oregon legislators are drafting a sweeping transportation funding package. Without major course correction, it will fail to meet our state…

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Our energy grid needs help fast. Contact your legislator today!

by Joshua Basofin on

To achieve Oregon’s 100% clean energy goals reliably and affordably, we need to address our transmission bottleneck. Through innovative policy…

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Special Session Wrap-Up

Our north star is simple: we need to be investing in Oregon, not DOGE’ing essential safety, transit, and climate programs or discouraging the transition to clean transportation.
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Lower Costs and Less Pollution! What We Can Win in Gas Rate Cases

In recent rate cases, we have secured big wins for customers and the climate! This spring, we reached an agreement with Avista Gas to reduce climate pollution through an electrification pilot. In our NW Natural rate case, we have an agreement to eliminate gas subsidies for developers, and we are still fighting to improve energy choice for low-income customers.

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Oregon has the tools to repair and revamp our aging grid

The grid is the ‘superhighway’ on which electricity travels. It is a vast network of transmission lines and infrastructure that delivers the electricity we need to power our daily lives (i.e., our homes, businesses, and industrial sites). The grid is crucial for maintaining reliable and affordable power for Oregonians. Importantly, the grid must also evolve to accommodate our state’s clean energy transition and to serve our growing population and economy. Two recently passed pieces of legislation will help modernize the grid, relieving congestion and streamlining permitting of new transmission lines.
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Macro Wins for Microgrids!

Last week, Governor Kotek signed two bills into law, HB 2065 and HB 2066, which will create a process for developing community-owned microgrids. Microgrids are a key part of Oregon’s decarbonization and energy resiliency goals. But their development has been hampered by technical and regulatory challenges. What are microgrids, why has building them been challenging, and how does this legislation help?
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Fighting for lower costs and less pollution in NW Natural’s latest rate case

Something is up, and unfortunately, it may be a higher utility bill for Oregon gas customers. In a time when communities are already bracing for Congressional Republicans’ new energy tax hike, NW Natural Gas Company is trying to raise costs on Oregonians as well. Even worse, they aim to raise our gas bills to boost their shareholders’ profits and invest in expensive fuels under the guise of decarbonization, rather than providing lower-income customers with the option to install an energy-efficient heat pump! Climate Solutions does not intervene in every rate case, but when we think there is an opportunity to protect customers and the climate, we enter the ring. This is one of those cases!
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Oregon’s 2025 Legislative Session: Climate Wins, Losses, and the Road Ahead

Submitted by Nora Apter on

Oregon’s 2025 legislative session delivered mixed results for climate progress. Sound familiar? That’s because this is the second year in a row that Oregon lawmakers fell short of delivering the bold investments and climate action this moment demands. While we secured hard-fought wins and defended against serious threats that would unwind existing progress, this was far from a banner year for climate action in Oregon. Still, this session laid important groundwork, and we have a clear call to action for the road ahead.
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