Protect the Willamette

Oregon Legislature Takes First Step to Protect Coast from Offshore Drilling 2/04/2010

Today, the Oregon House Environment and Water Committee unanimously passed an amended House Bill 3613 that would establish a 10‐year moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling.

Plug-In Cars: Powering America Toward a Cleaner Future 1/23/2010

America’s current fleet of gasoline-powered cars and trucks leaves us dependent on oil, contributes to air pollution problems that threaten our health, and produces large amounts of global warming pollution. “Plug-in” cars are emerging as an effective way to lower global warming emissions, oil use, and smog. A plug-in car is one that can be recharged from the electric grid. Plug-in cars come in two types: plug-in hybrids that are paired with small gasoline engines, and fully electric vehicles that consume no gasoline at all.

America’s Biggest Polluters: Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Power Plants in 2007 12/22/2009

This report examines CO2 emissions of America’s power plants. We analyze 2007 plant-by-plant data from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Acid Rain Program; 2007 is the most recent year for which final data is available. The report finds that America’s power is dirty – and also very old – and that these two qualities tend to go hand-in-hand.

Oregon House votes for 10-year ban on offshore oil and gas drilling 2/08/2010

The Oregon House voted 38 to 21 Monday to ban off-shore oil and gas drilling in Oregon's territorial waters for 10 years.

Ban on offshore drilling heads for House Vote 2/05/2010

A bill calling for a 10-year ban on oil and gas drilling off the Oregon Coast will go to a House vote after passing out of committee Thursday. Oregon approved a three-year ban in 2007 that expired last month. HB 3613 would extend the ban through 2020 within Oregon's coastal waters, which stretch about 3 and a half miles from shore.

Advocacy Group Touts Oregon’s Leadership in Building Plug-in Cars 1/22/2010

Oregon’s role in the green energy movement was highlighted today by the advocacy group “Environment Oregon” at an electric car manufacturing company in Eugene. KLCC’s Rachael McDonald reports.