OREGON STATE SEN. JANEEN SOLLMAN (D) plans to propose a bill for next session that would create a new cap-and-invest program to curb greenhouse gas emissions—and replace the state’s current Climate Protection Program, which she says lacks stability.
- Cap-and-invest programs typically cap emissions and lower those caps over time with the aim of making polluters reduce their carbon footprints.
- Sollman said she’s already talking with Republicans, including Senate GOP leader Bruce Starr, who has criticized the current program. Past efforts to pass a similar bill in 2020 ended in chaos, with Republicans walking out of the Capitol in protest. ...