In summer 2020, we went on a Frontline Community Listening Tour, asking people across the state, what do you want to see in an Oregon Green New Deal? What do you think we can accomplish together in the next decade?
In January 2021, we released an updated Oregon Green New Deal. This policy platform is in progress, as we continue to seek input from frontline communities across the state.
We’re centering frontline communities in an Oregon Green New Deal.
TOGETHER, WE CAN SHAPE OUR COLLECTIVE FUTURE.
What are your ideas for an Oregon Green New Deal?
Oregon Green New Deal (2019)
In 2019, OJTA developed a draft platform for an Oregon Green New Deal. This policy platform provides a guide for policymakers and a vision for communities and organizations to organize and advocate for. It was issued as a “living document,” with the goal of continuing to incorporate input from communities of color, Tribal Nations and rural low-income communities. In 2021, OJTA will release an updated Oregon Green New Deal.
Oregon Needs a Green New Deal
We’ve got 12 years to take meaningful climate actions to mitigate the effects of climate change and protect vulnerable communities. A just transition to a renewable future means:
1. Phase Out Fossil Fuel Infrastructure
Place a moratorium on all new fossil fuel permits and projects.
2. Strong Regulation for Healthy, Breathable Air
Enact strong regulation of diesel and other pollution from industry, transportation, and energy sectors.
3. Clean, Community-Controlled, 100% Renewable Energy
In order to limit global warming to 1.5 C we must reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
4. Regenerative, Sustainable Farms and Forests
Care for Oregon’s natural and agricultural resources, people and communities who experience them.
5. Transportation Justice
Address transportation, one of the largest carbon polluters in our state and a major source of air toxics and greenhouse gases.
6. Protect Communities Already Experiencing a Changing Climate
Ensure communities are prepared for and made whole following more extreme weather events including heat waves, poor air quality, forest fires, erosion, and floods. Directly engage Tribal, rural, and low-income communities and communities of color in this process.
7. Fund the Just Transition
Fund real climate solutions.