A coalition of environmental justice, climate, and business organizations filed a motion to intervene on Wednesday to defend Oregon’s cap-and-trade program in a suit brought by oil and gas organizations in the Oregon Court of Appeals.
It’s the latest development in three lawsuits from groups including the Western States Petroleum Association, Oregon Farm Bureau and Oregon Business & Industry Association. What happens in those cases could set a “vital precedent,” the Environmental Defense Fund, a member of the coalition, said in a statement.
The coalition wants to keep the state’s mandated greenhouse gas emissions reductions of 50% by 2035 and ...
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