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2010-01-28
Environment Oregon today released its priorities for the 2010 state legislative session. Environment Oregon will work during February to pass bills to build livable communities, permanently ban offshore drilling, and protect kids from toxic chemicals while also safeguarding Oregon’s clean energy economy.
2010-01-27
When President Obama addresses both houses of Congress tonight, we expect solving global warming and jump-starting a clean energy economy to be an underlying theme, building on the success of the clean energy investments in last year’s economic recovery act.
2009-03-24
Environment Oregon, OSPIRG, SEIU, Oregon Center for Public Policy and Greenpeace, today joined the national campaign to pass President Obama’s historic budget, a historic blueprint for rebuilding and renewing America through major investments in health care reform, education, clean energy and many other important priorities.
2008-11-05
With the backdrop of record-breaking energy prices and the looming threat of global warming, environmental issues received unprecedented attention in one of the hardest fought elections in U.S. history.
2008-09-17
Environment Oregon, the state’s largest environmental organization, with 35,000 members and activists, announced today that the organization has endorsed Jeff Merkley in the race for Oregon’s U.S. Senate seat. The group says Smith is “Election-Year Environmentalist” who has voted to protect tax breaks for big oil, against fuel efficiency and global warming solutions.
2004-04-17
PORTLAND—At an Earth Day celebration on Saturday, Oregon's conservation and public health communities were joined by Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury to speak with a united voice about the value of protecting Oregon's environment and threats facing the state due to changes in federal policy.
2004-01-20
As President Bush prepares to deliver his third State of the Union Address, there is little good news to report on the State of America’s Environment. On several fronts, America’s core environmental protections are under attack by polluters and allies in Congress and in the Bush administration.

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