Environment Oregon is a nonpartisan organization that combines independent research with tough-minded advocacy to overcome the opposition of powerful special interests and win real results for Oregon’s environment. Environment Oregon's legislative agenda includes work on: 

Oregon’s Energy Future
Oregon has the resources to be a national leader in using renewable, homegrown energy (like wind, solar and biomass), and energy conservation, to take control of our energy future and cut our dependence on fossil fuels, which is causing global warming and rising energy prices. More.

Curbing Global Warming
Scientists agree that global warming is already affecting Oregon’s coastline and snowpack, with impacts on irrigation, salmon migration, and hydropower. More.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Oregon’s Bottle Bill has set a national standard for effective recycling programs. But Oregon’s programs have not been updated in decades, and new waste management challenges have emerged. More.

Protecting Oregon’s Farm and Forest Lands
Measure 37 has had damaging consequences for Oregon, including efforts by timber companies to develop subdivisions on forest lands and proposals for development that would damage neighbors’ property value. More.

Protecting the Oregon Coast
Despite bipartisan support for keeping the West Coast off-limits to oil and gas drilling, energy companies are pressing Congress for permission to drill. More.

Clean Air and Water
The Willamette River is so polluted that major stretches are unsafe for fishing and swimming. Air pollution in parts of Oregon exceeds health standards for pollutants that exacerbate asthma, lung disease, and cancer. More.

Click here to read our full legislative agenda.