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MCAT has been advocating with the Board for many years now the need to practice climate smart forestry and to finally implement the Climate Change Carbon Plan that for too long has simply been ignored….

Re EO 25 – 26 Directing State Agencies to Take Urgent Action to Promote The Resilience Of Our Communities and Natural and Working Lands And Waters…

Oct 6, 2025 TO: The Blue Mountain Forest Plan Revision Team, The 4.9 million acres under this plan is absolutely vital not just to the people who live in eastern Oregon and Washington, but to the survival of many threatened…

Edith BayerOregon Department of Energyenergy.strategy@energy.Oregon.gov Subject: Comments on the Oregon Energy Strategy Draft Report Mobilizing Climate Action Together (MCAT) is a community of volunteers working on advancing a healthy climate and a green economy for future generations. Many in our group have…

Oregon Department of Energy 550 Capitol St. NE Salem, OR 97301 RE: Comments on Draft Oregon Energy Strategy We represent climate advocacy organizations, clean energy developers, environmental justice organizations, faith communities, grassroots groups, conservation, and more. Many of us advocated for the passage of…

August 20, 2025Via electronic filingOregon Public Utility CommissionAttn: Filing Centerpuc.filingcenter@puc.oregon.govRe: Comments on Proposed IRP/CEP and RFP RulesOPUC Docket AR 669 – Rulemaking to Amend Integrated Resource Plan Guidelines and Competitive Bidding RulesThank you for the opportunity to add a few…

Date:   Friday May 2, 2025 To:      Senate President Rob Wagner, House Speaker Julie Fahey            JCT Co-Chairs Senator Chris Gorsek and Representative Susan McLain           Cc:       Joint Committee on Transportation RE:      Urgent Support for Transit Operations Funding in the 2025 Transportation Package Oregon is…

Date: Friday May 2, 2025 To:      Senate President Rob Wagner, House Speaker Julie Fahey            Joint Committee on Transportation Co-Chairs Chris Gorsek, Susan McLain            Joint Committee on Transportation Co-Vice Chairs Shelly Boshart-Davis, Bruce StarrRe:      Support for safety investments in the 2025…

Date: Friday May 2, 2025 To:      Senate President Rob Wagner, House Speaker Julie Fahey            Joint Committee on Transportation Co-Chairs Chris Gorsek, Susan McLain            Joint Committee on Transportation Co-Vice Chairs Shelly Boshart-Davis, Bruce StarrRe:      Mechanisms for Cost and Climate Accountability in…

April 7, 2025 To: Representative Susan McLain, Co-Chair of the JCTSenator Chris Gorsek, Co-Chair of the JCTCc: Senator Rob Wagner, President of the SenateRepresentative Julie Fahey, Speaker of the House Re: Support for Increased Transit Funding in the 2025 Transportation Package…

To: Oregon Department of ForestryFrom: State Forest Coalition Date: March 21, 2025 Re: Comments on the Draft Interim Implementation Plans for State Forests Thank you for the opportunity to provide comments on the Oregon State Forest Implementation Plans (IPs). These comments are submitted…

March 7, 2025 Representative John Lively, ChairmanHouse Committee On Climate, Energy and EnvironmentOregon State Capitol900 Court St. NE, Salem Oregon 97301 Dear Chair Lively, Vice-chairs Bobby Levy and Gamba and members of the committee: On behalf of Oregon Environmental Council and the organizations…

January 21, 2025Oregon Public Utility Commission201 High Street SE, Suite 100Salem, OR 97301-3398 Delivered via email to: puc.filingcenter@puc.oregon.gov RE: UM 1696 – Comments supporting Staff’s recommendation to approve major cost-effectiveness exceptions for multiple heat pump measures, as requested by Energy Trust of…

To: Governor Tina Kotek, Oregon Board of Forestry From: Wild Salmon Center, Oregon Wild, Sierra Club Oregon Chapter, Cascadia Wildlands, Bird Alliance of Oregon, MCAT, 350PDX, Oregon League of Conservation Voters, North Coast Coast Communities for Watershed Protection, Great Old Broads…

BY PAT DELAQUIL and JOHN PERONA Feb 11, 2025 A recent guest column in the Bulletin used a story — that the city of Bend might regulate natural gas hookups for new residential construction as one way…

Re: UM 2348 – Investigation into Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) and Request for Proposals (RFP) Modernization – Comments on Workshop #3…