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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:
Our Legislative update linked below:
Last updated 2/6/2024
Read on for the latest updates on Climate Solutions' work in Oregon:
by Meredith Connolly on
Earlier today, Oregon's Environmental Quality Commission just approved new rules that will help hold Oregon's industrial polluters accountable.
by Greer Ryan on
Oregon PUC regulators are tasked with figuring out how to protect customers and reduce risk, while gas utilities grapple with how to meet climate…
by Jonathan Lee on
Harrowing floods in the PNW, a wrap-up of the COP26 conference, and some federal progress on climate.
by Victoria Paykar on
Earlier today, Oregon's Environmental Quality Commission voted to pass the Clean Truck Rules that will help us transition to zero emission trucks and…
by Victoria Paykar on
On November 17th, the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission will vote on whether to adopt Clean Truck Rules that have the tremendous opportunity to…
by Jonathan Lee on
Oregon’s largest public transit agency has committed to fueling its existing fleet of transit vehicles with renewable diesel, as part of its…
by Greer Ryan on
As heat rises, fossil fuel pollution from Oregon’s buildings looms large.
by Kimberly Larson on
Our latest Climate Leaders Live webinar celebrated the Pacific Northwest as the first region to commit to 100% clean energy.
by Victoria Paykar and Leah Missik on
Right now, both Washington and Oregon are taking important steps to clean up bigger trucks and vehicles. Read on to learn more about these potential…
by Kimberly Larson on
A remarkable thing happened for the climate this summer. Let's dive into the details together.
by Jonathan Lee on
Panelists will share why these two rulemakings are critical for their constituents, answer questions from the audience, and discuss next steps on how…
by Jonathan Lee on
Increasingly, the Pacific Northwest sees the impacts of climate change in real time.
by Jonathan Lee on
Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality has been developing rules to hold our state's biggest polluters accountable for the first time, but we'…
by Stephanie Noren on
A federal "down payment" on climate (?), green hydrogen, and a note on this summer's extreme heat
by Jonathan Lee on
Oregon’s 2021 legislative session has come to a close. We’ve made some major progress on statewide climate action, but before we dive into those…
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Heating and powering our homes and businesses generates a significant amount of pollution contributing to global warming. With clean, energy efficient homes and buildings, we would significantly reduce climate pollution, drastically cut energy costs for owners and renters, and improve air quality where we live and work.
Today is a significant milestone for Oregon’s climate progress, but it requires a little time traveling to the cusp of the pre-COVID times to fully