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

Everyday necessities shouldn’t come with everyday pollution. Yet the goods and resources we rely on are delivered by a freight system powered largely by diesel. This is bringing toxic emissions into our neighborhoods, schools, and lungs. Diesel pollution is not just an environmental issue, it’s a public health crisis, especially for children.

JUST IN: As of yesterday, the Oregon leaders decided on a major setback to clean air and climate progress. They announced a two-year delay to the state’s Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) rule.
This delay comes after relentless lobbying by Big Oil and national truck manufacturers—and it's our communities who will bear the consequences: more diesel pollution, more asthma, more climate harm.

We’re officially over halfway through Oregon’s 2025 legislative session. Here’s the inside scoop on dynamics at the Capitol, the status of key clean energy and climate priorities, and how you can help keep the momentum going.

Join Climate Solutions and our partners for the Building Resilience Lobby Day at the State Capitol on Wednesday, May 7. Together, we’ll talk to legislators in Salem and push for bold action on climate, energy-efficient housing, and energy justice.

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is updating the ACT and HDO rules to maintain alignment with California and ensure they stay strong. However, big oil and truck manufacturer forces are trying to use this process to gut the rules. This is where you come in. Regulators must hear from you— Oregonians who require clean air, a stable climate, and a thriving economy built around clean technology. 🤳🏼What can you do? 📧 Email and Write-In your comment through 5/7/25

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is updating the ACT and HDO rules to maintain alignment with California and ensure they stay strong. But big oil and truck manufacturer forces are trying to use this process to gut the rules. This is where you come in. Regulators need to hear from you—Oregonians who require clean air, a stable climate, and a thriving economy built around clean technology.

Oregon is at a critical crossroads when it comes to clean transportation. Recently, diesel truck manufacturers and fossil fuel companies have led efforts to slow Oregon's progress toward reducing diesel pollution by delaying the implementation of our state's Advanced Clean Trucks rule. Here's why we need to fight those efforts and why we need to accelerate, not slow down, our transition to clean, pollution-free trucking as an essential step toward reducing diesel pollution and advancing clean transportation technology.

When a big diesel truck passes you by on the highway or in your neighborhood, you can see and smell it. It doesn’t have to be this way.

Oregon shouldn't roll back clean air protections and delay clean trucks.