Green Business

At our 14th Annual Celebration for the Environment, Governor John Kitzhaber offered stirring remarks about the importance of the OLCV and our work on myriad conservation issues. And he affirmed his commitment to work with us to protect Oregon's great natural legacy for future generations. 

Here's just a small sample of his remarks:

Since I was last in office, you have had a truly productive eight years – organizing, educating, and sometimes scratching and clawing to protect Oregon’s land, air and water for future generations. 

With the new year, OLCV switches gears from a focus on election work to a focus on the Legislative Session. It’s part of the two-year cycle we work in: electing strong, pro-environment leaders and then working with them to pass strong laws that protect the environment, the economy and our health. OLCV will be in Salem every day with the Oregon Conservation Network with those goals in mind.

On Monday, the Oregon League of Conservation Voters Education Fund (OLCV's sister organization) kicked off its Summer Conversation Series with the first of its statewide events. Monday's event took place in Clackamas County at Rose Villa (a retirement community) and was attended by state Sen. Martha Schrader. The topic of the event was growing our economy and creating jobs here in Oregon and centered around the energy industry.

Plans in the works to outnumber global-warming naysayers

Since the defacing of Keller Auditorium in the wee hours last night--a sort--of makeshift welcome mat for the global-warming naysayers and a foreshadowing of tonight's "Tea Party" outside Keller--the community is striking back with force.