THIS SCORECARD IS NOT LIKE ANY SCORECARD WE HAVE DONE BEFORE.
See scorecards from previous years.
Why? Because this session was unprecedented.
The Senate Republicans walked out on democracy and other leaders reacted by giving them exactly what they wanted: HB 2020, the Clean Energy Jobs Bill, removed from consideration. This landmark legislation, over a decade in the making, would have made Oregon an international beacon of hope. Instead, the Oregon Senate voted to send the bill back to committee. So, we have chosen this session to give incompletes to the senators who chose capitulation over climate leadership. They will have a chance to act again on climate in 2020 and just like any good teacher, we remain prepared to give them their grades when and if they earn them.
Dive into the scorecard:
- Note from the Executive Director
- Climate Champions: Our Volunteers
- Session Summary
- Honor Roll
- Bill Graveyard
- About the Oregon Conservation Network and Our Legislative Priorities
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Explore the bills:
HB 2020 Clean Energy Jobs
SB 451 Trash BurningCan't Stop Won't Stop
The 2019 Legislative Session will be remembered for a lot of things, but in particular for one truly heartbreaking climate defeat. The silver lining to this heartbreak? YOU!
Over 1,500 of you showed up in person (IRL for the millennials). It was an historic wave of OLCV members joining together in not just speaking out but in showing up for climate action. The youngest was a few months old, and the oldest well into their 90s. New OLCV members joined with OLCV founding members. Every corner of Oregon — Eastern, Southern, Central, the Coast, the Willamette Valley, and everywhere in between — came out for our climate and came together to demand action NOW. There’s nothing more important than showing up, except continuing to show up. That’s what we ask of you now. Together, we will heal our heartbreak by refusing to give up. We will protect future generations by demanding action now. We will win by persisting.
Be there in 2020. Sign up to show up at www.olcv.org/ShowingUp2020
Oregon’s elected leaders caved on climate in 2019, but the call from Oregonians for climate action has never been louder or clearer. We won’t cave. We will only get stronger. The next legislative session is 35 days long. We can’t waste a single one.
Climate action in 2020 depends on you showing up in 2020.
Are you in? Join thousands of Oregonians by signing up at www.olcv.org/ShowingUp2020.
SIGN UP TO SHOW UP. For the first time. For the fifth time. For the last time!