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Oregon Republicans walk out over climate bill opposed by trucking industry

In a replay of last year’s drama over climate change legislation, Republicans in the Oregon Senate staged a walkout Monday morning to slow a Democratic bill to cap greenhouse gas emissions, OregonLive reported. Under the state Constitution, a two-thirds majority of the Senate must be present for a vote to take place. So while Democrats […]

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Oregon cap-and-trade bill is back, and truckers still don’t like it

A new cap-and-trade carbon emissions bill unveiled in Oregon last week continues to draw criticism from the trucking industry that helped derail similar legislation last year. “If you look at the latest version for the upcoming session, it’s not much different than [last year’s] House Bill 2020,” said Jana Jarvis, head of the Oregon Trucking […]

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