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- June 15 - End of Session Celebration
- Please join us at the Oregon Conservation Network's End of Session Celebration
- June 15 - Other Environmental Legislation [From SalemWatch]
- - Preventing Global Warming - Improving Oregon’s Air Quality - Protecting Oregon’s Water Resources - Protecting Oregon’s Farmland and Special Places
- June 15 - Measure 37 Reform [From SalemWatch]
- We are still waiting for the legislature to schedule the election for the referral of HB 3540 and to get a number assigned so we can officially name the Yes on ?? campaign!
- June 15 - Promoting Clean and Renewable Energy and Energy Independence through Renewable Fuels [From SalemWatch]
- One more down! SB 375, which establishes minimum efficiency standards for a number of additional home and commercial appliances, is headed to the Gov.
- June 15 - Closing the Toxic Pollution Loophole [From SalemWatch]
- SB 737 was finally referred to the Natural Resources subcommittee for Ways and Means! A hearing and Work session is scheduled for Monday, June 18, 8:30 am in H-174.
- June 15 - Stopping Mandatory Fluoridation - Rollback [From SalemWatch]
- After being amended to make it marginally “less bad,” HB 3099 is on the move again, and we need to move quickly to stop it.
- June 15 - Rollback for Our Ability to Protect Oregon’s Air Quality [From SalemWatch]
- The Governor’s office has sent a proposal to Senator Avakian to try to reach an agreement on amendments to SB 235 (currently they would be the -5 amendments for SB 235). These amendments would deal with Dairy CAFOs only and would substitute...
- June 15 - Rollback – Raid on Columbia River Water [From SalemWatch]
- Take action today to stop the biggest potential environmental rollback this session! The formidable group of high powered lobbyists that have been pushing HB 3525 (“Oasis”) since January have been able to get a hearing scheduled.
- June 15 - Thanks for Supporting SalemWatch! [From SalemWatch]
- We're pleased to report that your contributions over the last two weeks got us close to our goal! In all, 24 of you sent in $1,046 to help SalemWatch continue through the end of the Session and beyond - just $454 shy of our $1,500 goal. We're very grateful for your generous support.
- June 15 - Frantically Racing to the Finish Line [From SalemWatch]
- The word in the capitol is that lawmakers are working overtime to adjourn the 2007 legislative session before June 25. This means we have a little over a week to...
- June 8 - Expanding Oregon’s Electronic Recycling Program [From SalemWatch]
- HB 2626 was signed by the Governor Thursday! For the first time in Oregon’s history, this bill creates a program that establishes manufacturer responsibility for the end of life handling of covered products and is backed up with a strong landfill ban for those products.
- Rollback for Our Ability to Protect Oregon’s Air Quality
- Senator Avakian is working with OCN groups and the Governor’s office to try to reach an agreement on amendments to SB 235 that still insure that all Oregon producers of air pollution comply with the Clean Air Act, which would keep SB 235 from being a rollback. A few weeks ago we deemed SB 235 a rollback if the current –A amendments are not part of the passed bill.
- June 8 - Rollback – Raid on Columbia River Water [From SalemWatch]
- HB 3525, better known as “oasis”, would direct the Water Resources Department to permit water withdrawls from the Columbia without existing pubic interest review.
- June 8 - Energy Independence through Renewable Fuels [From SalemWatch]
- HB 2210, which establishes the renewable fuel standard and will provide incentives for Oregon biofuel production, has also been languishing in Senate Revenue for over two months, and is one of the bills we are expecting to move soon.
- June 8 - Promoting Clean and Renewable Energy [From SalemWatch]
- A huge crowd attended the signing ceremony for SB 838, which brings to Oregon the most aggressive renewable energy standard in the country! Next week the Governor will sign HB 2620, or the “solar on public buildings” bill, which requires that public improvement contracts for construction or major renovations of public buildings appropriate at least 1.5 percent of the total contract price for solar energy technology.
- June 8 - Measure 37 Reform [From SalemWatch]
- HB 3540 is on its way to Oregon voters! The amended HB 3540 passed the Senate on Tuesday and the House on Wednesday.
- June 8 - Closing the Toxic Pollution Loophole [From SalemWatch]
- Things are looking really good for SB 737 and it is likely it will be referred and will receive a hearing in the Natural Resources subcommittee for Ways and Means soon.
- June 8 - Update on SalemWatch Appeal [From SalemWatch]
- $620 raised so far - $880 left to go to meet our goal of $1,500! We’re down to the last critical weeks of the 2007 session. So far SalemWatchers have a lot to be proud of and excited about.
- June 8 - Bills in Ways and Means and Rules [From SalemWatch]
- As we mentioned last week, the big concern now is that bills that are in Ways and Means or Rules don’t get “stuck” there and left to die. A number of good environmental bills are in this category. In addition to SB 737, SB 235, SB 576 and HB 2876, which are all priority bills listed above, the following environmental bills are in Ways and Means or Rules and deserve a hearing:
- June 8 - Other Environmental Legislation [From SalemWatch]
- - Preventing Global Warming - Expanding Oregon’s Bottle Bill - Protecting Oregon’s Coastal Ecosystems and Wetlands - Protecting Oregon’s Farmland and Special Places - Reducing Toxics in our Wastewater - Protecting Oregon’s Wildlife
- June 1 - Other Environmental Legislation [From SalemWatch]
- - Expanding Oregon’s Bottle Bill - Protecting Oregon’s Coastal Ecosystems - Protecting Oregon’s Farmland and Special Places - Protecting Oregon’s Wildlife - Natural Agency Budgets
- June 1 - Bills in Ways and Means and Rules [From SalemWatch]
- As you can see from the descriptions of a number of the above bills, the big concern now is that bills that are in Ways and Means or Rules don’t get “stuck” there and left to die. A number of good environmental bills are in this category. In addition to SB 737, SB 235, SB 576 and HB 2876...
- June 1 - Rollback for Our Ability to Protect Oregon’s Air Quality [From SalemWatch]
- A few weeks ago we deemed SB 235 a rollback if the current –A amendments are not part of the passed bill. The –A amendments put some "teeth" into the bill, to make sure all Oregon producers of air pollution comply with the Clean Air Act.
- June 1 - Rollbacks for Oregon’s Land Use Planning [From SalemWatch]
- SB 665, the bill that will allow 15,000 acres of land to be developed into houses around the controversial proposed Morrow County speedway...
- June 1 - Expanding Oregon’s Electronic Recycling Program [From SalemWatch]
- HB 2626 will be signed by the Governor next Thursday! The e-waste recycling bill unanimously passed both chambers, causing some to coin it the “feel good environmental legislation of the session.”
- June 1 - Promoting Clean and Renewable Energy [From SalemWatch]
- The signing ceremony for SB 838, which brings to Oregon the most aggressive renewable energy standard in the country, is scheduled for Wednesday, June 5, at 9:15 am in the Governor’s office.
- June 1 - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Funding – NO LONGER A ROLLBACK [From SalemWatch]
- Last week SB 859 was amended to eliminate the problems that would have caused it to be considered a rollback. [read more]
- June 1 - Rollback – Raid on Columbia River Water [From SalemWatch]
- HB 3525, better known as “oasis”, would direct the Water Resources Department to permit water withdrawls from the Columbia without existing pubic interest review. The Governor’s office, Umatilla Tribes, and many OCN groups oppose this bill, but the bill backers are working...
- June 1 - Measure 37 Reform [From SalemWatch]
- A number of amendments were made to HB 3540 when it passed the Senate Environment and Natural Resources committee earlier this week and later on to Ways and Means, which it then passed out of today. It is now headed to the Senate floor...
- June 1 - Closing the Toxic Pollution Loophole [From SalemWatch]
- The priority that we are most concerned with at this time is SB 737 and its failure to receive a hearing in Ways and Means. Although the fiscal impacts are minimal, chances of passing SB 737 are quickly fading as the co-chairs delay assigning this bill to a sub-committee. Time is running out...
- June 1 - Time is Running Short [from SalemWatch]
- Those in the know aren’t ruling out an early end of session, but it is pretty clear that the Legislature is posed to sine die by the end of this month. Yesterday was the day most substantive committees shut down, and bills that weren’t referred to the active committees are likely dead...
- May 25 - Other Environmental Legislation [From SalemWatch]
- - Expanding Oregon’s Bottle Bill - Protecting Oregon’s Wildlife - Protecting Oregon’s Farmland and Special Places - Protecting Oregon’s Coastal Ecosystems - Preventing Global Warming - Reducing Toxics in our Wastewater
- May 25 - Measure 37 Reform [From SalemWatch]
- HB 3540, which would refer to voters a fix of many of the substantive problems with Measure 37, is still pending in the Senate, and the talk of amendments is still floating around.
- May 25 - Promoting Clean and Renewable Energy [From SalemWatch]
- This was an amazing week for clean, renewable energy with the passage of SB 838, but watch out for the flood of remaining bills that are part of the renewable energy package. Over the next two weeks, at least three other parts of the package may be arriving on the Governor’s desk, with still more in the hopper.
- May 25 - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Funding - Rollback [From SalemWatch]
- Each year when we fill out our Oregon taxes, we have the opportunity to donate a portion of our return to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife for the non-game division, who, unlike other departments is not funded through hunting and fishing fees.
- May 25 - Rollback for Oregon’s Land Use Planning [From SalemWatch]
- SB 665, Morrow County speedway development bill has a work session scheduled in the House Workforce and Economic Development committee on Wednesday, May 30, 8am in HR C. The bill was amended in the Senate to be slightly “less bad” by removing a provision that would have eliminated the appeals process and fast tracked development, but it is still a bad bill in danger of getting out of this committee.
- May 25 - Expanding Oregon’s Electronic Recycling Program [From SalemWatch]
- Finally, on Tuesday, May 29th, HB 2626 will be heard on the Senate floor! It was scheduled for today’s agenda but was held over because Senator Morse, who is carrying the bill, was absent. It will then be headed to the Governor’s desk.
- May 25 - Closing the Toxic Pollution Loophole [From SalemWatch]
- Time is running out for SB 737 to receive a hearing in Ways and Means and we need to keep the pressure up. Please take a minute to send a letter to your Senator and Representative, urging them to support SB 737.
- May 25 - Oregon Becomes Renewable Energy Leader and Finally Expands our Bottle Bill [From SalemWatch]
- Today is truly an amazing day for Oregon’s environment as two significant and complex bills passed out of the legislature and are headed to the Governor’s desk. Taking a major step in combating global warming, the legislature passed SB 838, which establishes one of the most aggressive Renewable Energy Standards in the country.
May 18 - Other Environmental Legislation [From SalemWatch]
- Protecting Oregon’s Wildlife - Global Warming - Protecting Women’s Health - Protecting Oregon’s Water Quantity and Quality - Expanding Oregon’s Bottle Bill - Protecting Oregon’s Coastal Ecosystems - Protecting Oregon’s Farmland and Special Places - Natural Resource Budgets - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) - ODFW - Water Resources department (WRD) - Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) - Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) - Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD)
Since the beginning of the session we have been reporting on SB 235 and our work to incorporate amendments to put some "teeth" into the bill, to make sure all Oregon producers of air pollution comply with the Clean Air Act. [read more]
