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July 29 2021
Advocacy groups want higher target for reduced greenhouse gases than proposed by Gov. Brown and state agency.
As the Environmental Quality Commission prepares to hear from the public about proposed rules, two dozen environmental and other groups want to go beyond what Gov. Kate Brown has set as targets for reduction of greenhouse gases.
Brown stepped in with an executive order just days after Oregon lawmakers abruptly adjourned their 2020 session amid Republican walkouts, which blocked action by majority Democrats on climate-change and other pending legislation. Democrats were left without the numbers required to conduct business. We simply did not give up, Brown said. We were relentless in pursuing an executive order to cap carbon emissions and have state agencies work to implement that order. We did not give up, and we will not give up. We know that climate change is impacting us right now.