Position:

LWVOR uses the US League’s position on Climate Change:

The League believes that climate change is a serious threat facing our nation and our planet.

The League believes that an interrelated approach to combating climate change — including through energy conservation, air pollution controls, building resilience, and promotion of renewable resources — is necessary to protect public health and defend the overall integrity of the global ecosystem. The League support climate goals and policies that are consistent with the best-available climate science and that will ensure a stable climate system for future generations. Individuals, communities, and governments must continue to address this issue, while considering the ramifications of their decision at all levels — local, state, regional, national, and global.

LWVOR Priorities for 2024:

ADDRESS THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY by supporting 2017-2021 Carbon/Climate Executive Orders, net zero greenhouse gas emissions before 2050 while ensuring environmental justice with a just transition for workers and impacted communities.

Policy Bills which the League supported in 2024:

Coal Act: HB 4083 Requires Oregon Investment Council and Treasury to divest from Thermal Coal investments. Passed,. League Testimony.
Right to Repair: SB 1596. See discussion in NR Leg Report, League Testimony, passed.
HB 4080 Enrolled. Off-Shore Wind: HB 4080, League Testimony, passed. See discussion in NR Leg Report.
HB 4112 Clean Tech Leadership Bill. League Testimony. Funding is $20M. Died in J W&M.

Other Bills which the League was watching in 2024

HB 4155 Infrastructure funding study bill- Rep Gamba and Sen Golden – in J W&Ms. Died in committee.
HB 4102 Enrolled. Funding mechanism for Natural and Working Lands Fund (carbon sequestration) passed, No Fiscal.
The bill related to EV rebates died in committee, but DEQ did recently announce funding effective April 2024.

LWVOR Testimony Matrix