CUB Energy Policy Conference

CUB has been active in Salem during the 2017 Oregon legislative session. However, due to statewide budget pressures and the 2016 Clean Electricity and Coal Transition Act, the session has been relatively quiet from an energy perspective. CUB has had... Read More »

On April 18, 2017, I had the opportunity to represent CUB at the Oregon’s Energy Future Conference, organized by the Northwest Environmental Business Council (NEBC). A mainstay in Oregon for the past eleven years, the conference connects energy professionals from utilities,... Read More »

CUB supports a Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) biogas project, approved by Portland City Council in April, which has air quality, climate change, and economic benefits. This is a BES project because it uses methane produced by the biodigesters, a... Read More »

“EVs are coming and utilities need to prepare”, was the message CUB delivered in testimony filed this week with the Public Utility Commission. If a utility prepares and offers the right programs, Electric Vehicles can lower utility costs and benefit all... Read More »

Organized by the Oregon Just Transition Alliance, this Saturday’s (April 29, 2017) Portland People’s Climate March connects climate change to racial and social justice issues.

Oregon Just Transition Alliance member organizations represent communities at the front line of environmental and climate injustice,... Read More »

My eclectic work history includes a stint as a middle school science teacher, so my favorite recent protest sign read: “What do we want? Evidence based science! When we want it? After peer review!”

I know that my middle school science students didn’t... Read More »