General Meeting & Legislative Update

Wednesday, January 24th

6:30 - 8:00 PM

Hello;

Please join us for a comprehensive overview and preparation for the upcoming legislative short session. All are welcome!

ZOOM

Register: HERE

6:00 Gathering & Social time

6:30 Overview of agenda & MCAT's work in prep for short session

6:40 Julia DeGraw presents: Overarching themes for session

OCN priorities

 Climate budget - extremely competitive environment for $

Land Use and Housing bills viewed with climate lens

Latest on the Elliott Forest

7:10 Catherine Thomasson presents: MCAT priority bills -

Funding fire-safe communities (Sen. Golden's Bill)

Electric storage - Clean Tech Leadership Bill

Coal Act

State emissions goals

EV incentives funding

Executive Branch actions

Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) update

Decoupling efforts

Clean Energy Plan (CEP) update (court case & response)

7:40 Rand Schenck presents: "MCAT Climate Action Thursdays"

February 8th, 15th & 22nd Save the Dates!

7:45 Announcements

7:50 Q&A and open discussion

8:00 Adjourn 

Questions? contact: Rand

Thank you for taking action, MCAT!

MCAT (Mobilizing Climate Action Together) is a community of experienced volunteers, sponsored by OLCV, who help steward significant greenhouse gas reduction policy into law in Oregon.

MCAT participates with the broad and inclusive climate and equity coalitions in Oregon and partners with OCN and others on coordinated action, particularly in regard to state legislation and policy.  MCAT also actively organizes to elect and support legislators who will work for strong climate legislation.

MCAT Steering Committee: Rick Brown, Linda Craig, Debby Garman, Pat DeLaquil, Rich Peppers, Rand Schenck, Daniel Frye, Michael Mitton, KB Mercer, Brett Baylor. Not shown: Jane Stackhouse, Joe Stenger, Catherine Thomasson

Wanna be an MCAT? Go HERE