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If you read OLCV's last E-bulletin, then you know that OLCV wants your photographs. We will select the best photo for the cover of OLCV's 2009 Legislative Scorecard, published in September.
Do you have photos of your favorite places in the state? Your kids on a riverside trail? Mountain views? Your sweetie playing in tide pools or strolling on a long, deserted beach? Sunset in Eastern Oregon?
Find out how to submit your Oregon photos.More environmental wins before the gavel comes down
On the last full day of the 2009 Oregon Legislative session, more important environmental protections were sent to the Governor. They included:
- A historic water management package
- Tougher pollution limits on coal plants
- A bill that will protect Oregon taxpayers and the environment from the costly damage of invasive species
Read the good news -- and the not-so-good news -- on the OLCV Blog.
Click here for a session summary plus a long list of the session's environmental wins and losses.
Low-carbon fuel standard heads to Governor
A concurrence vote has passed House Bill 2186, which is now on its way to the governor to be signed into law.
As amended in the Senate, the bill allows the state to develop a low-carbon fuel standard, which would reduce the carbon dioxide pollution from fuel by 10% by 2020. Once signed by the Governor, Oregon will join California and eleven Northeast states in moving toward low carbon fuels.
Read more about the bill.
Legislature needs to move forward, not backward, on green jobs
Check out the op-ed on the state of the session by OLCV Executive Director Jonathan Poisner published in Friday's Oregonian.
And for a few session updates, check out the OLCV blog.
Food Not Lawns!
Multnomah County Steering Committee member makes the news
Alice Lasher and the garden she shares with her neighbor in North Portland were the centerpiece of a feature story on garden-sharing in today's Oregonian.
The story includes a short video with great footage of the beautiful garden spread over two yards and a parking strip, and an inspiring interview with Alice. Check it out!
Victory! TriMet/LaneTransit Funding Bill
on its way to the Governor
All Oregonians deserve affordable transportation to commute to work, grocery shop, visit the doctor, and recreate. Unfortunately, one million Oregonians are too poor, young, old, or infirm to drive. Public transit is essential to providing these Oregonians transportation freedom, while giving us all transportation choices.
Senate Bill 34 puts two of the state's transit districts, TriMet (Portland region) and the Lane Transit District, on firm financial ground by lifting the state limit on local authority over the payroll tax from 0.7% to 0.8%. This moderate increase of financial stability will also help the transit districts receive significant federal matching grants. Read more about the bill on the OLCV Blog.
Senate Bill 34 passed the House Floor (32-28) last week, making it the second Oregon Conservation Network priority bill that is on the way to the Governor.
Volunteer Spotlight: Phaedra Booth
Phaedra Booth doesn’t need a paycheck to get motivated. That’s obvious in her casual admission of having grown accustomed to “60, 70, 80-hour work-weeks.” It’s even more obvious because this blue-eyed, fast -talking 28-year-old has been spending three days a week in Salem as an Oregon League of Conservation Voters Policy Fellow. Unpaid.
Get the Spring scoop!
Click here to check out OLCV's latest newsletter.
- Learn about the progress of Environmental Priorities in the Legislature
- Find out who OLCV has endorsed for the May 19 Election
- Meet a Lane County volunteer
- Hear about how being pregnant with twins affected the lobbying work of OLCV's Political Director
- Explore SE Utah with Jonathan Poisner
Read on...
Friday, May 8: Oregon House passes
clean energy bill!
House Bill 2186 tackles the low-hanging fruit of the state’s global warming pollution.
SALEM, OR – The Oregon House of Representatives today passed the first climate change bill of the session with a 32-28 vote. House Bill 2186, introduced as part of the governor’s healthy climate package, authorizes the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission to adopt common-sense, cost-effective strategies that will not only reduce the state’s global warming emissions but also will spur local innovation and business opportunities, and save Oregonians money.
Read more about HB 2186 on the OLCV Blog...
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