HB 2020

A climate change bill expected to dominate the 2020 Oregon legislative session got its first public hearing this week.  Lawmakers say they will try to find a compromise on an issue that led to GOP senators walking out of the Capitol last year.  Th...

According to the Oregon Farm Bureau, the defeat of HB 2020 was a major victory for farmers, ranchers, foresters, and rural Oregonians.   OFB said Monday "The bill would’ve increased the cost of fuel, diesel, and natural gas to levels unsustainable for these families and businesses, while having no impact on global climate change.  Oregon’s...

Oregon Governor Kate Brown announced Monday that she’s ready to use her executive power to lower carbon emissions.  Her announcement follows what come call a political crisis in the state, where Republican senators fled the Salem for more than a week sow Cap And Trade legislation could not be voted on.  The Demo...

It’s not just Oregon’s Ag community voicing opposition to proposed Cap and Trade legislation.   Dozens of industrial trucks drove laps around the state Capitol Wednesday, blaring their horns and releasing plumes of diesel into the air as part of a demonstration against Oregon’s climate policies that loggers and truckers say will devastate their business.  Wednesday’s demonstr...

In a floor speech Monday, Oregon representative Lynn Findley called for a full exemption for the state’s Ag industry from House Bill 2020.  The Vale Republican said the Cap and Trade measure would have detrimental consequences on farmers not only in his eastern Oregon district, but statewide.   “...

The state of Oregon is looking at joining California and passing cap and trade legislation.  House Bill 2020 has become a very polarizing piece of legislation in Salem, especially in the Ag community.  The Oregon Farm Bureau said the current Cap and Trade proposal would have a dramatic, negative impact on farmers statewide.  OFB’s J...