Renewable Energy

Oregon, California, Washington and 13 other Democratic states are losing nearly $8 billion toward climate projects, after the Trump administration terminated multiple federal grants.

U.S. Department of Energy officials under Trump tried put a 10% cap on staff and administrative costs on federally funded sustainable energy and efficiency projects.

Irene Gilbert is a 76-year-old retired state employee on a mission, fighting energy projects like large wind farms in Oregon’s rural communities.

The state will temporarily suspend standard electric vehicle rebates on Sept. 9, and federal tax credits end Sept. 30.

California spent decades building one of the greenest power grids on Earth. It ditched coal, cut fossil fuels, and built so much solar it now runs the world’s second-largest battery fleet to keep clean power flowing after dark.Now lawmakers are poised to tie that grid to coal-burning states.

National research laboratories in Oregon, Washington and Colorado focused on addressing climate change and its impacts and improving energy efficiency and affordability would be gutted under proposed Republican budgets.

Clean-energy projects have new deadlines for federal tax credits and limits on foreign parts, taking aim at California’s climate agenda. Eleven major solar projects and one onshore wind project now face potential delays or cancellation.

Under the Trump Adminstration's One Big Beautiful Bill, Oregon could lose about 4 gigawatts of planned wind and solar energy, or enough energy to power one million homes.

Oregon and Washington are nowhere near achieving their clean energy goals. The dramatic consequences are already being felt.

Oregon and Washington passed aggressive goals to decarbonize their power supply but left it to the Bonneville Power Administration to build the transmission lines needed for wind and solar. The agency hasn’t delivered.

A coalition of state attorneys general, including those from Oregon and California, filed a lawsuit Monday against President Donald Trump’s attempt to stop the development of wind energy.

Oregonians hoping to buy an electric vehicle this spring could get thousands of dollars from the state to help pay for it.