The Lieberman-Warner cap-and-trade bill, seen by some environmental advocates as too weak to make a real difference in capping global warming gas emissions, and by others as a necessary first step on the road to stronger measures, failed to pass... Read More »

It’s a good thing no one in Oregon is waiting for President George W. Bush to save us from global warming. President Bush spoke Wednesday about his plan to reduce greenhouse gases which cause global warming, starting in 2025, allowing a peak... Read More »

The environmental community may have its differences, but one thing that is gaining universal agreement is that we need to reduce our carbon emissions to address the rising waters and rising threats of global warming. So how do we do... Read More »

Oregon’s landmark Renewable Energy Standard, passed earlier this year, contains a provision allowing for additional electric utility revenues to be collected from customers to fund energy efficiency and low-income weatherization programs. PacifiCorp and PGE have just made Advice Filings with the... Read More »

Sometimes it takes a few years to work the kinks out of a new program, and it looks as though the OLIEE Program (Oregon Low-Income Energy Efficiency Program) will now be able to hit its stride. The OLIEE Program was... Read More »

Ten years ago, global warming was a topic that came up for discussion only rarely, and in a controversial way. Today the topic pervades news reports and has affected many aspects of the work that CUB does on behalf of... Read More »