Clean vehicle program rebates suspended

Oregon to suspend electric vehicle rebates as money runs out (Oregonian, 3/16/2023)

DEQ pausing electric vehicle purchase rebates because program is running out of money (Oregon Capital Chronicle, 3/15/2023)

Oregon to temporarily suspend popular EV rebate program (OPB, 3/15/2023)

Oregon Clean Vehicle Rebate Program charge ahead vehicle eligibility list (serial) Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Oregon Clean Vehicle Rebate Program (OCVRP) standard rebate vehicle eligibility list (serial) Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Funding for cleaner energy

Electrify your life in 2023 to fight climate change. Here’s help paying for it (Oregonian, 12/30/2022)

Oregon Clean Vehicle Rebate Program charge ahead vehicle eligibility list (serial) Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Oregon Clean Vehicle Rebate Program (OCVRP) standard rebate vehicle eligibility list (serial) Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Cully neighborhood air quality monitoring

Tracking of harmful emissions to increase in Cully neighborhood (Portland Tribune, 11/4/2022)

Sampling and analysis plan, Cully neighborhood air sampling (2016) Oregon Laboratory and Environmental Assessment Division

Prescribed burning season

Prescribed fires: What they are, when it’s OK to burn, and why they’re used (Register Guard, 10/30/22)

Prescribed burning and smoke management: reducing wildfire risk, minimizing smoke in communities (2019) Oregon Department of Forestry, Fire Protection Program

The forestland burning guide: what the landowner needs to know (2019) Oregon Department of Forestry

Oregon smoke management annual report (annual) Oregon Department of Forestry, Fire Protection Program

Boardman coal-fired power plant

Boardman smokestack demolished, marking the end of a coal-fired era in Oregon (Jefferson Public Radio, 9/15/2022)

Draft DEQ proposal for early shutdown of the PGE Boardman plant (2010) Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Schools and wildfire smoke

Smoke advisory issued for schools (Mail Tribune, 8/30/2022)

Public health guidance for school outdoor activities during wildfire events (2018) Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division

 

Gas-powered vehicle ban

Following California’s lead, Oregon exploring ban on gas-powered vehicles (OPB, 8/26/2022)

Oregon may follow California’s plan to phase out gas-powered vehicle sales, lawmakers say (Oregonian, 8/26/2022)

Biennial energy report (biennial) Oregon Department of Energy

Oregon Clean Vehicle Rebate Program: frequently asked questions (2021) Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Electric vehicles (2022) Oregon Department of Transportation

Electric vehicle rebates

Oregonians can soon qualify for up to $15,000 in rebates on new electric vehicles (OPB, 8/23/2022)

Oregon Clean Vehicle Rebate Program (OCVRP) standard rebate vehicle eligibility list (serial) Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Oregon Clean Vehicle Rebate Program charge ahead vehicle eligibility list (serial) Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

 

Trends in air quality from wildfires

Oregon sees year’s first unhealthy air day, as research tracks dramatic rise in wildfire smoke (Oregonian, 8/2/2022)

Unhealthy air’ days increasing in Oregon as wildfire season lengthens (Statesman Journal, 8/3/2022)

DEQ study tracks rising trend of unhealthy wildfire smoke in Oregon (Capital Press, 8/4/2022)

Wildfire smoke trends and the air quality index (2022) Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Ashland smoke management plan

Oregon DEQ podcast focuses on Ashland’s local smoke response plan (Jefferson Public Radio, 6/22/2022)

GreenState (serial) Oregon Department of Environmental Quality