
The Oregon legislature is currently considering a cap-and-invest policy that would put a cap and price on climate pollution from the largest polluters in the state. The policy, known as the Clean Energy Jobs bill, will reduce greenhouse gas emissions while raising hundreds of millions of dollars per year to invest in the clean energy economy across the state. The fossil fuel industry and other dark money funders don’t want to see this policy become law. They’re throwing tons of money into a campaign aiming to stop it. This opposition campaign includes misinformation and fuzzy facts from top to bottom as it tries to scare Oregonians away. The myths and fabrications they’re throwing out there are proven incorrect by years of success in other states and provinces.
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