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The Supreme Court justices agreed to review whether oil companies have standing to try to overturn a federal waiver for a California clean-car rule that ramped up electric car sales. The standards are the cornerstone of California鈥檚 efforts to clean its air and combat climate change.

Oregon environmental regulators have approved rules that will temporarily delay the state鈥檚 efforts to reduce carbon emissions from medium- and heavy-duty trucks, which are typically used for commercial purposes and for long-haul transportation.

On Thursday, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality鈥檚 commission voted unanimously to adopt a revamped version of the Climate Protection Program. Its main goal is to reduce 90% of carbon emissions from diesel, gasoline and natural gas companies by 2050.

Trump鈥檚 promise to block the offshore wind industry could threaten CA鈥檚 renewable energy goals, potentially cutting off federal funding.

The Oregon Department of State Lands signed an agreement Thursday with the company Anew Climate to put the first state forest in the West into a carbon market.

It can be hard to imagine cows eating seaweed. But that could be one of the solutions to reduce methane emissions from cattle farming.

Bikers 鈥� many of whom love their noisy combustion engines 鈥� say zero-emission motorcycles aren鈥檛 ready for long-distance rides. Motorcycles emit an 鈥渙utsized portion鈥� of smog-causing pollutants.

The state air board will vote on changes to its landmark clean fuel program that would cut more greenhouse gases but could raise the cost of gas and diesel.

Capturing and storing carbon underground is a big part of California鈥檚 efforts to tackle climate change but community members and environmentalists say it prolongs the life of fossil fuels.

The decision, which officials said would fight climate change, makes Oregon the second state after Michigan to dedicate an entire state forest to storing harmful emissions while selling carbon credits for revenue.

The Ashland New Plays Festival presents four plays October 16-20 at Southern Oregon University's Main Stage Theatre. Two finalists of the annual competition, Novid Parsi and Keiko Green, tell JPR's Vanessa Finney what audiences can expect.

Oregon鈥檚 largest gas utility is facing yet another lawsuit this week, just days after Multnomah County added the company to a lawsuit related to 2021 heat dome deaths.