May 27, 2021
Governor Kate Brown today signed House Bill 2165, legislation introduced by the Governor’s Office to expand access to electric vehicles and charging infrastructure, particularly to people with low incomes and people of color. The transportation sector is the largest single source of greenhouse gas emissions in Oregon, and pollutants from diesel and gasoline combustion pose immediate public health risks for vulnerable communities in Oregon, particularly Black, Indigenous, Latino, Latina, Latinx, Asian, Pacific Islander, Tribal and communities of color.
“In Oregon, we are taking action to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and address the climate crisis head on. From commercial trucks to personal cars, the future of transportation in this country is electric,” said Governor Kate Brown. “With this bill, we will build on Oregon’s ambitious goals for increasing the number of zero-emission vehicles on the road.
Western Governors Association announces Western Governors Leadership Institute
The Western Governors’ Foundation (WGF), the philanthropic arm of the Western Governors’ Association (WGA), has created the Western Governors’ Leadership Institute to recognize and reward the effective exercise of leadership by young adults across the West, and to promote and encourage its future development.
Every year the Institute will select one young adult to represent each western state and territory in WGA’s footprint. Delegates will attend the Annual Meeting of the Western Governors’ Association, at which time they will also participate in the Institute’s leadership development forum. The Foundation will cover all expenses associated with delegate participation. Eligible applicants for the inaugural leadership forum (to be held in Idaho in the summer of 2022) must be between the ages of 21 and 25 years old as of June 2022. They must also be a permanent resident of a western state wh
30 x 30 = ?
The answer to the Biden Administrationâs new conservation goal is not â900.â Politics more than math may define what counts toward the plan to conserve 30% of the nationâs land and water resources by 2030. And that has a lot of people wondering what it means for places like the Rocky Mountain West, where the federal government is the biggest landowner.
For example, Montana Sen. Jon Tester reintroduced his Blackfoot-Clearwater Stewardship Act last month, which would add 79,000 acres to the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex. But he noted the project has been underway for more than a decade and is not part of Bidenâs 30x30 proposal.