{"id":2031,"date":"2022-08-11T12:33:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T16:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/oregon-democrats-say-landmark-bill-would-help-communities-adapt-to-climate-change\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:04:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:04:53","slug":"oregon-democrats-say-landmark-bill-would-help-communities-adapt-to-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/oregon-democrats-say-landmark-bill-would-help-communities-adapt-to-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon Democrats say landmark bill would help communities adapt to climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"

Top Oregon officials
\nsay the proposed federal Inflaci\u00f3n
\nLey de reducci\u00f3n<\/a> would invest billions of dollars to create clean energy
\nand green infrastructure projects that would help low-income residents and
\ncommunities of color adapt to climate change.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday,
\nEnvironmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan along with
\nOregon Gov. Kate Brown, Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, discussed
\nhow funding from proposed legislation would significantly address the many
\ninequities Black, Indigenous and communities of color face because of climate
\nchange.<\/p>\n

After more than a
\nyear of negotiations on a federal level, Senado
\nDemocrats passed a bill Sunday<\/a> they say would make landmark
\ninvestments in clean energy and protect communities from the worst effects of
\nclimate change. The legislation, which began as President Biden\u2019s Build Back
\nBetter initiative, passed on a party-line vote with no Republican support. The
\nHouse of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the legislation as early as
\nViernes.<\/p>\n

The proposed
\nlegislation would invest $369 billion in clean energy and climate action
\nreform. Senator Wyden called it \u201cel
\nbiggest climate investment in the country\u2019s history<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brown said some of
\nthe investments and initiatives presented in the bill are already underway in
\nOregon. She said more funding is needed to create more programs and community
\ninitiatives like Mudbone Grown Farm, a Black-owned community-based farm in
\nGresham the lawmakers toured Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we lead for
\na number of reasons, but excited about the collaborative efforts that
\ncommunity-based organizations are using, along with state and local government
\nand the sense of urgency that we all have to tackle climate justice issues,\u201d
\nshe said.<\/p>\n

The Inflation
\nReduction Act includes $60 billion for clean and renewable energy
\ninfrastructure like solar panels, wind turbines and tax credits for purchasing
\nelectric vehicles. The bill pledges $27 billion for a greenhouse gas reduction
\nfund, also known as a \u2018green bank,\u2019 to help fund more clean energy and
\nsustainable projects, like Mudbone Grown.<\/p>\n

Shantae Johnson,
\nco-owner of Mudbone Grown, said the creation of a green bank would make it
\neasier for farmers like her to apply for public money rather than applying for
\nprivate funds. She said green banks would also help smaller farmers get started
\nand maintain their business instead of being priced out.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt takes a lot of
\nmoney,\u201d she said. \u201cFarming is very expensive, and I think that a lot of people
\ndon\u2019t understand what the true cost of farming is \u2026 so it\u2019s really important
\nthat we invest in our local farmers at farmer\u2019s markets and through local
\nstreams.\u201d<\/p>\n

EPA\u2019s Regan said the
\nproposed bill would also expand investments in clean energy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you look at
\nnew investments in energy generation in this country over the past year, 80%
\nwas in clean energy, renewable energy, and battery storage,\u201d Regan said. \u201cWe
\nare encouraging the market, we\u2019re embracing the market. At the same time, we
\nare ensuring that we don\u2019t leave any communities behind.\u201d<\/p>\n

The group also
\ndiscussed how heat waves are affecting residents, particularly those living on
\nheat islands. Heat islands are places surrounded by freeways, parking lots,
\nindustrial buildings or concrete areas that absorb the heat and radiate it.
\nThey are also areas that have little to no tree canopy to provide shade and
\nrelief from the heat.<\/p>\n

Under the current
\nproposal, the Inflation Reduction Act would invest $1.5 billion for tree
\nplanting to cool heat islands. Last year, nearly 100 people died in Oregon
\nafter an excessive heatwave, 42
\nof those deaths happened in heat islands<\/a>. Many of the people who died were
\nalso found alone in their homes with no air conditioning units.<\/p>\n

John Wasiutynski,
\nMultnomah County\u2019s director of the Office of Sustainability, said his team
\nworked with Portland State University to survey the temperature difference in
\ndowntown Rockwood during last year\u2019s heatwave.<\/p>\n

\u201cDowntown Rockwood
\nis extremely hot,\u201d he said. \u201cSo people walking to the MAX station, people
\naccessing our cooling center, going for shopping, are going to be experiencing
\nhotter temperatures than the actual reading at Portland International Airport,\u201d
\n\u00e9l dijo.<\/p>\n

The team also
\nsurveyed the landscape architecture in Rockwood and found that there is only 8%
\nof tree canopy cover in the neighborhood. Wasiutynski said his team has planted
\n400 trees in the area and has applied for funding to plant more.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that the
\nbest time to plant the tree was 30 years ago,\u201d he said. \u201cThe second best time
\nto plant the tree is today.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the past three
\nyears, Oregon has seen a significant increase in climate change fueled weather
\nevents because of the continued burning of fossil fuels. From devastating
\nwildfires burning
\nmore than one million acres<\/a> a snowstorms
\ncutting off power to hundreds of thousands<\/a> of residents to extreme
\nheat killing nearly 100 people<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The extreme heat
\nconditions have also led to less snowpack in the Cascades, contributing to some
\nparts of the state experiencing extreme drought conditions that have
\nexasperated water resources for farmers and residents. Federal, state and local
\ngovernments are desperately looking for ways to address climate change and help
\nthe region begin to adapt to these changes.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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