Posts in Climate Change
May 2022 Newsletter

In this month’s newsletter, ODOE opens application portal for Community Renewable Energy Grants, practices nuclear emergency response at Hanford, helps Oregon rural small businesses and agricultural producers identify energy savings, and more.

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March 2022 Newsletter

In this month’s newsletter, $12 million for community renewable and energy resilience projects, upcoming support for energy efficient wildfire recovery, wrapping up the 2022 legislative session, celebrating women's contributions to energy, and more.

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February 2022 Newsletter

In our February newsletter, we’re leading the way on energy efficiency, tracking safe transport of radioactive materials, celebrating Black History Month, looking toward a busy spring for energy incentive programs, and more.

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Oregon House Special Committee on Wildfire Recovery to Hold Public Hearing February 15

The Oregon Legislature House Special Committee on Wildfire Recovery will be holding a public hearing for wildfire survivors on February 15, 2022. / El Comité Especial de Recuperación de Incendios Forestales de la Cámara de Representantes de Oregón celebrará una audiencia pública el 15 de febrero para escuchar a los sobrevivientes de los incendios forestales.

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January 2022 Newsletter

In this month’s newsletter, a new cost analysis tool and guidebook for electric school buses, public engagement opportunities for new incentive programs, a fresh new look for the Go Electric Oregon website, and more.

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ODOE to Hold Public Meetings December 7 and 8 on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Plan

The Oregon Department of Energy is holding two virtual public meetings on December 7 and 8, 2021 from 9:30 – 11 a.m. to help inform the development of the Oregon Global Warming Commission’s Transformational Integrated Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction (TIGHGER) Plan.

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Fueling Up Oregon in Emergencies

Summer 2021 presented a new transportation fuel challenge: jet fuel delivery. Deanna Henry, ODOE’s Emergency Preparedness Manager, responded over the summer to requests for additional jet fuel deliveries to small airports in southern and northeast Oregon to support firefighting missions.

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September 2021 Newsletter

In this month’s newsletter, ODOE publishes new report on zero emission vehicles, begins accepting reservations for the Oregon Solar + Storage Rebate Program, shares tips for National Preparedness Month, and more.

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Oregon Global Warming Commission Proposes New State Goals for Carbon Sequestration

In a newly-published proposal, the Oregon Global Warming Commission is calling for Oregon to invest in actions that will increase the carbon that is captured and stored in the state’s natural and working lands. The proposal was developed in response to Governor Brown’s climate change Executive Order 20-04, and calls for capturing and storing – or sequestering – an additional 5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MMTCO2e) by 2030, and an additional 9.5 MMTCO2e per year by 2050.

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