Transportation rules and infrastructure that supports a just transition to a sustainable society:

As part of the Move Oregon Forward coalition, 350PDX advocates for a transportation package that centers safety, reduces emissions, and increases accessibility and affordability of public transit.

• HB 2961: (SUPPORT) Requiring electric vehicle hookups in new construction of multi-family buildings helps build the infrastructure required to meet Oregon’s climate goals, and for middle- and low-income Oregonians to participate in the transition.
• HB 3119: (OPPOSE) This delay of the Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) rule is unnecessary: 2025 model quotas are already nearly met. The ACT rule begins slowly ramping up the availability of electric medium- and heavy-duty vehicles and does not require people to switch away from diesel vehicles. This ramp-up should not be delayed.

Investments that address climate risk: 

As part of the Divest Oregon coalition, 350PDX supports legislation that safeguards our public employees’ retirement funds. Investments in fossil fuels increase the risk of climate change, which destabilizes the planetary systems conducive to life as well as the economic systems required to receive positive return on investments. We must stop investing in fossil fuels and other climate and economically risky investments.

• SB 681: (SUPPORT) The Pause Act puts a 5-year moratorium on investments in private equity funds with large amounts of fossil fuels, reducing economic and climate risks to the PERS portfolio.
  
  — ACTION: Send this one-click email to your legislators. Stay tuned for hearing details! Likely 3/19 or 3/24
• HB 2200: (SUPPORT) The Treasury will manage climate risks and reduce the carbon intensity of the PERS portfolio.

  — Hearing scheduled for 3/13
  

Reduce building emissions and increase individual and community resilience:

350PDX is a member of the Building Resilience coalition, which supports these bills related to building emissions, energy justice and affordability, and community and climate resilience.

• SB 88: (SUPPORT) Energy affordability “Get the Junk Out of Rates” – With the goal of limiting the power of monopoly, for-profit utilities from continuing to raise rates on consumers, this bill would prohibit an electric or gas company using ratepayer funds to cover expenses associated with advertising, political influence activity.
• HB 3081: (SUPPORT) One-stop shop for energy rebates 2.0: There’s never been more financial help for Oregonians to upgrade their homes and buildings for better health, lower costs, less pollution, and higher resilience, yet finding and applying for all the incentives can be a challenge. This bill will build on the success of Oregon’s new tool to find and combine incentives for homeowners, landlords, contractors and more.
• HB 3062: (SUPPORT) Planning for healthy communities act
• HB 3179: (SUPPORT) The Fair Energy Act empowers state regulators to set energy billing rates at the lowest possible level, so families can better avoid big increases in energy bills. The bill also will move any increases out of winter, when energy usage is highest.
• HB 3546: (SUPPORT) The POWER Act protects ratepayers from paying more than their share of electricity load growth due to data centers, cryptocurrency shops, and other energy large users.

  — ACTION: Hearing on 3/6 at 8am, submit written testimony by 3/8 at 8am, info sheet, talking points

Fully fund climate budget:

• HB 3170: (SUPPORT) Community resilience hubs and networks would create a $10 million fund to secure a second round of funding for the successful Community Resilience Hubs grant program.

  — ACTION: Passed out of committee, referred to Ways & Means. Thank members of the House Committee on Climate, Energy, & Environment for voting for the bill (through our friends at Oregon Just Transition Alliance).

• HB 3193: (SUPPORT) Farmworker disaster relief — ACTION: Hearing 3/10 at 3pm, written comments due before 3/12 at 3pm
• Rental Home Heat Pump Program (ODOE)
• Community Heat Pump Program (ODOE)
• Healthy Homes (OHA)
• Community Renewable Energy Grant Program (ODOE)
• Oregon Clean Vehicle Rebate Program/Charge Ahead (DEQ)
• Medium and Heavy-Duty Vehicles Rebates + Infrastructure Grants (DEQ)
• Climate Change Worker Relief Fund (DAS)
• Oregon Solar + Storage Rebate Program (ODOE)

Mitigate risks from fossil fuel infrastructure and emissions

CEI Hub bills:

• HB 3450: (SUPPORT) CEI Hub Transition: requires the Department of Energy to have an energy transition plan for the Critical Energy Infrastructure hub.
• HB 2949: (SUPPORT) DEQ study of the viability of a risk bond requirement for bulk fuel storage facilities in the state.
• HB 2152: (SUPPORT) Disaster fuel reserves located in strategic places around the state
• HB 2151: (SUPPORT) Seismic Risk Mitigation Fund expansion

• Other bills:

• SB 682: (SUPPORT) The Make Polluters Pay bill creates a fund for climate emergencies, paid into by fossil fuel companies and other major polluters.
• HB 2738:  (SUPPORT) bans the use of leaded fuel at Portland International Raceway.
• SB 680: (SUPPORT) Anti-greenwashing bill that prohibits a person from publishing or causing to be published an environmental marketing claim, net zero claim or reputational advertising that is materially false, misleading, deceptive or fraudulent.
• SB 685: (SUPPORT) Hydrogen Oversight and Public Notice: if a hydrogen production or hydrogen blending facility is being put in, neighbors must be notified.
• HB 3477: (SUPPORT) Update greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals.

  — ACTION: Hearing on 3/11 at 8am, submit written testimony by 3/13 at 8am

Protect forests, trees, and natural and working lands:

• Fully fund climate smart forest management: 
  • $5m for the Natural & Working Lands Fund
  • Fully fund Private Forest Accord implementation
• SB 73: (SUPPORT) Protects open space by prohibiting a county from rezoning individual tracts of land designated for exclusive farm or forest use unless the rezoning is part of a formal expansion of the Urban Growth Boundary or is covered by a statutory exception.
• SB 79: (SUPPORT) Prohibits new houses unrelated to agricultural or forest use in areas of concern, specifically A) high‐risk wildfire areas; B) critical groundwater areas; C) essential, limited, important and irreplaceable wildlife habitat; and D) high‐value farmland.
• HB 3172: (SUPPORT) Establish a grant program for home and building hardening and retrofits to make them less vulnerable to wildfire damage.
• HB 3103: (OPPOSE) Directs the State Forester to establish “sustainable harvest levels” for harvesting timber on state forestland. This law would make it harder for the Department of Forestry to adapt forest management to changing needs and circumstances.
• SB 876: (OPPOSE) This bill directs the State to offer to sell Coos County 7,000 acres of state forest land. Funds from the logging would support the Coos County general fund.