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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. -
Gillian Flaccus/APThe state will temporarily suspend standard electric vehicle rebates on Sept. 9, and federal tax credits end Sept. 30.
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National research laboratories in Oregon, Washington and Colorado focused on addressing climate change and its impacts and improving energy efficiency and affordability would be gutted under proposed Republican budgets. -
Nearly 195,000 acres off the Southern Oregon coast were previously identified as sites for offshore wind development. -
The Trump administration is revoking a 16-year-old policy that targeted tailpipe emissions and the fossil fuel industry. Gov. Tina Kotek says Oregon will continue addressing climate change. -
Environmentalists recently filed a petition to get Oregon voters to guarantee a healthy climate in the state constitution. -
Oregon lawmakers have passed a pair of bills to enable “microgrids” within the larger power system. -
Under the Trump Adminstration's One Big Beautiful Bill, Oregon could lose about 4 gigawatts of planned wind and solar energy, or enough energy to power one million homes. -
No immediate hike in California gas prices will occur but Democrats and Republicans in the Legislature fear the effects of the clean-fuel program. -
Proposed legislation hasn’t moved out of the state Assembly or Senate, raising questions about how far California will go in its efforts to make oil and gas companies pay for climate damage. -
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. -
The surprising development dredges up debate on a topic that once inspired multiple Republican walkouts. -
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.
