Good morning. It’s Tuesday, and we are still looking at a week of sweltering heat. So here are some climate-minded Five Things.
Oregon is approaching its next stage of action to reduce carbon emissions driving climate change, and environmental regulators are taking an aggressive approach. Draft rules by the Department of Environmental Quality take Gov. Kate Brown’s reduction plans and ratchet up goals higher.
Oregon hit a different environmental goal this year, though a little later than intended.…