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.

When the Trump administration attacks efforts to cut climate pollution and accelerate clean energy, the strongest response for targeted communities and organizations, the right response, is for us to keep pushing forward.

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.

President Trump's Executive Order opposing climate action is blatantly unconstitutional—a dangerous attempt to override the will of the people and undermine states' efforts to protect public health by leading on climate and environmental justice.

While many of us are still reeling from the sticker shock we received from our energy bills after last year’s extreme winter weather, a new round of rate increases is right around the corner. If you are anything like me, many of you are thinking about those bills as you debate whether to turn up the heat or bundle up.

With a new administration crippling our country’s commitment to clean energy, cleaner air, environmental justice, and climate leadership, climate advocates are asking: what is our role? what can we do? For those of us in the Pacific Northwest, the answer is: quite a lot.

This work has never been more critical. The 2025 legislative session in Oregon presents a vital opportunity to secure needed investments and policies to achieve our climate goals, protect communities, cut costs for families, and grow Oregon’s economy.

Despite a bleak outlook for climate action nationally, the people of the Pacific Northwest showed up in a big way this November, demonstrating that when communities get organized and work together for a healthier future, we can accomplish remarkable victories.

Voters made their values loud and clear in November- they want Washington to lead on climate. With the CCA firmly defended, the final CCA allowance auction of 2024 brought in an additional quarter Billion dollars for climate investments.

While national election results represent a monumental step backward, results in the Pacific Northwest show that voters and diverse coalitions in our region want to keep going, to do more to protect our residents, and to lead on climate and clean air.