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Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP PhotoCalifornia has reached an agreement with the Federal Railroad Administration to protect $4 billion in federal funding for its high-speed rail project while a lawsuit over the money plays out in court. These funds are now held in a legal trust, ensuring they cannot be redirected until the lawsuit concludes. -
Tom Brewster/U.S. Bureau of Land ManagementOregon lawmakers have passed a pair of bills to enable “microgrids” within the larger power system.
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After dismantling most federal action on the global climate, the Trump administration now aims to attack state and local policies that fight climate change as well. -
Trump ordered his attorney general to move against state climate programs that clash with his energy agenda. Legal experts say his claims about the laws being unconstitutional are an overreach. -
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has proposed draft rules for the state's Clean Truck Rules. -
Oregon and California are among a group of states that recently achieved a collective goal of shifting new car buyers toward electric rather than gas-powered vehicles in an effort to reduce pollution and combat climate change. -
Oregon environmental regulators could once again delay implementation of medium-to-heavy duty clean truck rules — giving the commercial trucking industry more time for the technology and infrastructure to develop across the state. -
State environmental officials say Oregon once again has access to hundreds of millions of dollars of federal funding aimed at climate action. That’s after the federal government froze the funds in January. -
A youth climate advocacy group in Ashland is celebrating their victory in pushing the city to enact a fee to discourage the installation of natural gas appliances in new homes. -
Denying Oregon these investments “would blow essentially a $200 million dollar hole in our budget,” says an environmental nonprofit leader. -
About a quarter — 25.3% — of all new cars registered in California in 2024 were electric cars, compared with 25% in 2023. The flat sales follow several years of rapid growth, and sales are still far below the state’s 35% target. -
Less than a year ago, Oregon’s former state treasurer pledged to make the state employee pension fund net zero carbon by 2050. Now, the new state treasurer is seeking legislation to continue that work through careful investments. -
The president’s order has no immediate effect on offshore wind leases already authorized, including two large areas off California’s coast. But it sends a current of uncertainty through the fledgling renewable energy industry, which relies on federal and state support. -
Oregon will soon have more than 200 federally-funded electric school buses shuttling kids to and from school following an announcement that the state will get money for more early next year.
