Climate action

Oregon lawmakers have passed a pair of bills to enable “microgrids” within the larger power system.

No immediate hike in California gas prices will occur but Democrats and Republicans in the Legislature fear the effects of the clean-fuel program.

Oregon’s lone Republican Congressman, Cliff Bentz, represents more than 705,000 Oregonians — about 16% of the state’s population — who are likely to feel disproportionately the cuts in the Republican tax and spending bill currently being considered by the U.S. Senate and that passed the U.S. House in May.

Oregon is looking for contractors to help kickstart a new heat pump incentive program, as part of the state’s ongoing push to reduce carbon emissions by supporting a move toward more efficient home heating and cooling systems.

Environmental groups want to revive higher payments to panel owners. But the subsidies were unfair to non-solar ratepayers, regulators say.

Oregonians looking to purchase or lease an electric vehicle can now apply for some cash back, as the state reopens its popular rebate program this week.

Oregon and Washington are nowhere near achieving their clean energy goals. The dramatic consequences are already being felt.

Oregon and Washington passed aggressive goals to decarbonize their power supply but left it to the Bonneville Power Administration to build the transmission lines needed for wind and solar. The agency hasn’t delivered.

Oregon is kept from millions promised by the U.S. Department of Transportation to get more electric vehicle chargers installed statewide.

A coalition of state attorneys general, including those from Oregon and California, filed a lawsuit Monday against President Donald Trump’s attempt to stop the development of wind energy.

Oregonians hoping to buy an electric vehicle this spring could get thousands of dollars from the state to help pay for it.

Environmental and climate groups are asking lawmakers to again fund heat pump rebates for rental housing.