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December Newsletter
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MCAT John Perona: comments on Red Trail Energy Tier 2 application for ethanol w carbon capture.
Joint letter to OR Global Warming Commission: Mature & Old Growth Trees
The Oregon Global Warming Commission, soon to be renamed the Oregon Climate Action Commission has received a report from the OSU based Institute for Natural Resources on how to get the most from natural climate solutions. While the report highlights the need to improve forest management it does not specify what that means. In particular […]
LC 80, Round 2 Comments on PGE’s Clean Energy Plan and IRP by Energy Advocates
MCAT letter to DEQ & Kotek re: Zenith Land Use Reversal
The MCAT Steering Committee shares with other organizations their concern about the method in which Portland’s City Council reversed their decision on Zenith’s Land Use Compatibility Statement (LUCS). MCAT believes that their 2022 decision violates good faith and public process.
Bonneville Power needs to produce 100% Clean Energy
Bonneville Power Administration is the source of 28% of the Pacific Northwest’s electricity. They have recently produced their 2024-2028 Strategic Plan without allowing an opportunity for public comment. Although the Plan supports movement toward carbon-free sources of electricity for the 34 public utilities in Oregon who rely on BPA, it does not provide them with […]
MCAT General Meeting 11/8 @ 6:30 PM ZOOM
Jane Stackhouse: LTE on GTN Xpress in Oregonian
https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2023/10/readers-respond-pipeline-expansion-bad-for-climate.html Thank you to Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden for opposing the expansion of the Gas Transmission Northwest natural gas pipeline, (“Feds OK natural gas pipeline expansion in Pacific Northwest over environmentalist protests,” Oct. 19). The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change informs us that the fastest way to decrease the amount of greenhouse gases […]
November Newsletter
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Round 1 Comments on PacifiCorp’s CEP & IRP
Housing & Climate Forum 10/30 & MCAT General Mtg. 11/8
Details about both events here: https://conta.cc/3rWvGxr
10/23 To EQC re: DEQ’s 2023 Climate Rulemaking
Several MCATs participated in the extensive 18-month rulemaking and stakeholder engagement process surrounding the development of the Climate Protection Plan (CPP), which was adopted with overwhelming public support. https://docs.google.com/document/d/17Yx2CZqhDymt6ZGG2WtDhy31PvqtcpqacwPNZra-2Y4/edit
7/23 Energy Advocates’ Round 1 Comments on PGE’s CEP_IRP
MCAT was part of a group of interested parties, known as the Energy Advocates, that participated in the Oregon Public Utility Commission Docket regarding the Portland General Electric’s 2023 Integrated Resource Plan and Clean Energy Plan. MCAT experts contributed to the detailed comments submitted by the Energy Advocates which covered: centering energy justice and community engagement […]
5/23 Energy Advocates’ Round 1 CEP_IRP & Climate Rulemaking RAC #2 Joint Comments
MCAT was part of a large group of interested parties that participated in the 2023 Rulemaking Update process with DEQ staff and the Environmental Quality Commission regarding implementation of the Climate Protection Plan. MCAT experts contributed to the detailed joint comments and submitted individual comments as well urging the EQC to direct staff to strengthen the […]
3/23 Senate E&E Building Resilience Package
MCAT was part of a large group of climate and equity organizations supporting the Clean and Resilient Buildings package of bills (SBs 868, 869, 870, and 871), signing on the several joint letters, and also submitted individual supporting testimony to the Oregon legislature that the bill package will help provide the incentives and programs needed […]
2/23 MCAT Sign-on to PUC Letter on LC79
MCAT was part of a group of interested parties, known as the Climate Advocates, that formally intervened in the Oregon Public Utility Commission Docket regarding the Northwest Natural Gas Company’s 2022 Integrated Resource Plan. Under the leadership of the Green Energy Institute at Lewis & Clark Law School, the Climate Advocates also included Climate Solutions, Columbia […]
Steering Committee Member Michael Mitton letter to House Revenue in support of HB 2021-A
2021 Oregon Legislative Session
MCAT was part of a large group of climate and equity organizations supporting House Bill 2021, and signed on the several joint letters, and also submitted individual testimony urging the Oregon legislature to ensure the transition to 100% clean electricity, with strong labor standards for all clean energy projects, incentives for community-based renewable energy projects, […]