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In Oregon, we're blazing a trail for clean energy

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Less than a month after the historic Paris agreement on climate change, Oregon utilities, climate advocates and environmental groups are…

Oregon is poised to make clean energy history

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This week the Renew Oregon Action Fund began a new chapter in Oregon’s clean energy transition, filing ballot measures to allow…

Big news for Northwest climate action

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Broad coalitions for climate action took bold steps this week in Oregon and Washington, announcing plans to put climate and clean energy…

Oregon businesses building power for a clean economy

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The Renew Oregon coalition is bringing Oregon businesses together with other voices for climate action. The list of companies backing the Oregon…

Oregon BEST FEST

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DATE: September 9-10, 2015

Oil versus Optimism

by Gregg Small on

Tough legislative sessions in Washington and Oregon are over. But we, together with an inspiring coalition, are just getting started.

Oregon's curvy road toward clean energy

by Kristen Sheeran on

The 2015 Oregon legislative session concluded last week, and the outcomes for climate were decidedly mixed. With a clear win on clean fuels, there…

400 Oregon businesses call for clean energy and climate protection

by Northwest Business for Climate Action on

Oregon businesses are responding in ever-increasing numbers to the threat of global warming, and the ways climate change is harming our…

Green investment surging; rethinking weatherization

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Oil drilling suspended in Canadian Arctic, clean fuel rule survives challenge in Oregon, New York State sets higher climate targets, and…

Backroom deal doesn’t compare with clean fuels program

by Kristen Sheeran on

The oil industry wants to protect their monopoly, and wash their hands of responsiblity for cleaning our air and protecting the climate. That's what'…

Oregon businesses: climate progress is in your hands

by Carrie Hearne on

With Oregon legislators threatening to repeal the state's recently-enacted Clean Fuels program, and with no other signs of climate policy…

Defend clean fuels in Oregon!

by Kristen Sheeran on

You know you’re doing something right when Big Oil is working this hard to stop you. 

Keep the wheels turning for Oregon’s clean economy

by Lisa Adatto on

On February 2, the first day of the Oregon Legislature, the Senate Environment & Natural Resources committee will

Super session in Salem starts today

by Kristen Sheeran on

Working together, we can make sure Oregon seizes the day. Here’s a rundown of several priorities and upcoming events in 2015.

Oregon Conservation Network Lobby Day

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FILED: 100% clean air ballot initiatives

Submitted by Jonathan Lee on

Earlier this week, our coalition of partners officially filed critical climate protection ballot measures with the Oregon Secretary of State's office, having collected twice as many signatures as needed to qualify.

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AAA Gets a Triple "F" on Climate Policy

The end of Oregon’s 2019 legislative session exposed some of the egregious corporate lobbying in Salem that blocks climate action – sometimes in public, but many times behind the scenes in the halls of the State Capitol. One of those companies is the American Automobile Association (AAA) of Oregon.  Yes, the same AAA that you call for a lifeline when your car breaks down – but apparently that lifeline doesn’t extend to the climate emergency we’re currently experiencing.

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