Oregon’s Climate Protection Program at Risk

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Mon, 08/26/2024 - 9:00am to 10:00am

Oregon's Climate Protection Program (CPP) 2024, overseen by the Department of Environmental Quality, aims to reduce 80-90% of harmful emissions from the state’s largest polluters by 2050.  Implementation of the CPP was delayed for three years on a technicality following a lawsuit by oil and gas companies, including NW Natural Gas. Jan Haaken talks with Diana Meisenhelter about the CPP and the critical role of testimonials from community members at this stage of its implementation. Corporate interests are already critiquing the new program and thus it is important that DEQ hear from the public. Diana Meisenhelter has been an environmental and social justice activist, labor organizer and educator for over 50 years and is on the global, national and local teams of Extinction Rebellion, a global climate justice organization.

Draft rules for the Climate Protection Program can be found on the DEQ website at  Climate Protection Program 2024 rulemaking website.

Anyone can submit comments online by email, by regular mail or at a public hearing. Comments must be received by 4 p.m., on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024.

  • Email: cpp.2024@deq.oregon.gov
  • Post mail: Oregon DEQ, Attn: Nicole Singh, 700 NE Multnomah Street, Suite 600, Portland, Oregon 97232-4100
  • At the public hearing: 3:20 – 5:20 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024

Join by zoom: https://deq-oregon-gov.zoom.us/j/85622894176

Join by phone: U.S. toll-free: 669-928-4609 Meeting ID: 856 2289 4176

Image by Carl Young and licensed for public use via Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

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