Linda Baker, Senior Environment and Technology Reporter
Friday, April 10, 2020
Today’s Pickup: Free lunch for truckers in Oregon
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Linda Baker, Senior Environment and Technology Reporter
Saturday, February 8, 2020
Why an Oregon trucking executive broke ranks to lobby for a cap-and-trade emissions bill
Titan Freight Systems president says regulation is necessary to accelerate transition to clean fuel vehicles.
Linda Baker, Senior Environment and Technology Reporter
Thursday, February 6, 2020
Truckers rally against Oregon cap-and-trade bill (with video)
Protest comes a week after Nike and other Portland businesses signed a letter supporting the climate legislation.
Linda Baker, Senior Environment and Technology Reporter
Monday, January 20, 2020
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 […]
Linda Baker, Senior Environment and Technology Reporter
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Oregon coalition revives effort to cap greenhouse gas emissions
The move follows a failed attempt to pass a cap-and-trade bill in the state legislature.
Linda Baker, Senior Environment and Technology Reporter
Monday, June 24, 2019
Oregon climate bill drama intensifies after Republican senators flee state to avoid vote and militia threat shuts down Capitol
Oregon’s statehouse shut down over the weekend following threats issued by militias that are lending support to Republican senators opposed to the state’s cap-and-trade legislation. A vote that was to […]
Linda Baker, Senior Environment and Technology Reporter
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Oregon truckers plot strategy as historic cap-and-trade bill inches closer to passage
Oregon is on the verge of becoming the second state after California to adopt a cap-and-trade program.
Linda Baker, Senior Environment and Technology Reporter
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Truckers and transportation fuel producers fight uphill battle against Oregon carbon pricing scheme
Oregon truckers and fuel interests are lobbying against a carbon pricing bill that they contend unfairly targets the transportation sector, the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the state.
Linda Baker, Senior Environment and Technology Reporter
Monday, January 21, 2019
Oregon toll proposal pits trucks against transit
The plan has reignited a debate about highway versus transit investment in Portland, a city that 45 years ago famously redirected money intended for a new freeway into the nation’s first light rail project.