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MCATs joined Divest Oregon’s very successful lobby day building support and gathering new co-sponsors for Rep. Khanh Pham’s bill: The COAL Act, which would phase out out-of-state coal investments currently held in the Oregon State Treasury by 2030. For more information go to www.divestoregon.org

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Environmental activist Rand Schenck examines 100 years of Pacific Northwest forestry, through the lens of forestry practices on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. This volume offers his visceral perspective on the decades of stewardship, the period of relentless harvest, and the move toward the rebirth of old growth. As a boy, Rand Schenck hiked and backpacked in […]

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MCAT has a team working to help make this enormous opportunity a reality and we encourage you to join if you have an interest. Contact us! https://climatesolutions.salsalabs.org/offshorewind?wvpId=a4de6d5b-b211-4a69-9ec3-110b87515dc1

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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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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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

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]