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Dear John,
OLCV’s Environmental Scorecard is a much-anticipated tradition in Oregon’s environmental community. When session ends, Oregonians turn to our scorecard for an inside look at how their legislators voted on environmental bills.
We all know the story by now: Senate Republicans fled the state to prevent a vote on the Clean Energy Jobs bill (Oregon’s groundbreaking cap-and-invest climate legislation), and Senate Democrats gave in to their demands—and the demands of corporate polluters. Climate activists—particularly young people whose futures are at stake—filled the Capitol to protest this decision. But Oregon’s leaders let us down.
In the scorecard, you’ll see 17 senators who voted to remove Clean Energy Jobs from consideration receive incompletes since their work is not done. After the 2020 Legislative Session, senators with incompletes will get the score they deserve—that they have earned—based on what happens with Clean Energy Jobs. They have the opportunity to be climate heroes for voting yes, or earn climate zeroes for opposition or inaction.
OLCV won’t ever give up on passing meaningful climate legislation. Our work—and the Legislature’s work—is not done. Clean Energy Jobs will be back in 2020. To succeed, we will need bold leadership and not more of the same. And we need you!
Passing the Clean Energy Jobs bill would help Oregon transition to a clean energy economy, creating thousands of jobs in the process. We can’t keep falling behind other states on climate action. Clean Energy Jobs will help us catch up. Join us in making 2020 Oregon’s year of climate action.
Sincerely,
Doug Moore
Executive Director, OLCV
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