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The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality reworked the state’s landmark Climate Protection Program after it was derailed by a gas company lawsuit.

Ashland is moving forward with three proposals to restrict natural gas use in the city. They are part of a student-led effort to reduce the city’s carbon emissions.

As electric and gas rates continue to rise, an advocacy group for utility customers is proposing rate caps on energy increases for all for-profit utilities to help avoid high energy bills.

The California Assembly has approved legislation that would require new gas stoves to carry a label warning users about pollutants that have been linked to respiratory illnesses.

The Oregon Public Utilities Commission has now rejected all three of the state’s natural gas operators’ plans to meet greenhouse gas emission targets.

The Public Utilities Commission rejected all three plans, saying they were ‘unreasonably optimistic’ about future gas demand.

The landmark Climate Protection Program is effectively dead for the next year while state regulators redo the rulemaking and approval process.

The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that a procedural error in approving the Climate Protection Program invalidates the regulations.

Oregon’s second largest natural gas utility won’t be able to charge customers to pay for its political and lobbying activities and will have to decrease its proposed 2024 rate increase under a settlement agreement approved Thursday by the Oregon Public Utility Commission.

Federal officials have approved expansion of a natural gas pipeline that runs from British Columbia to the Oregon-California border.

The Oregon Court of Appeals heard arguments Friday from gas and oil companies seeking to overturn a cornerstone of the state’s climate strategy, while environmental and labor groups rallied in a show of support for the regulations.

The utility Avista, which provides natural gas to parts of Oregon, reached a settlement with climate groups on Thursday over proposed rate hikes for gas services.