tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post7371290697926793534..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: Legislative Update - The Final ReckoningSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-45524148846385699072015-08-05T11:02:17.216-07:002015-08-05T11:02:17.216-07:00Since it's 57pp long, not sure this really cou...Since it's 57pp long, not sure this really counts as a "summary," but here's the ODOT summary of legislation:<br /><br />http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/GOVREL/docs/2015LegislativeSummary.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-6614172560917466852015-07-19T10:46:15.492-07:002015-07-19T10:46:15.492-07:00The Bend Bulletin has more on the "gang of 8&...The Bend Bulletin has more on the "gang of 8" and failed transportation package - <br />http://www.bendbulletin.com/home/3345252-151/gang-of-eight-opens-up-on-low-carbon-fuel<br /><br />There's significantly more detail on how Big Oil drove the ostensible "compromise":<br /><br />"While the Gang of Eight worked in private and almost exclusively with Brown policy advisers, lobbyists for the oil industry who oppose the low-carbon fuel standard were kept up-to-date and even outlined part of the new package that would have repealed and replaced the standard.<br /><br />Because the standard aims for a 7.7-million ton reduction of greenhouse gas pollution in 10 years, lawmakers agreed that was the minimum target they’d need to reach to try to swap the program for new carbon cuts and road funding.<br /><br />Internal documents from the group show a large piece of the proposed carbon-cutting scheme was associated with three prominent oil and industry lobbyists: Paul Romain, Bob Russell and Brian Doherty.<br /><br />The so-called “Doherty/Russell/Romain concept” came largely from the framework of two proposed ballot measures to water down or repeal the standard filed on May 20, a week after The Bulletin first reported Brown had pulled leaders together to try to salvage a bipartisan transportation deal.<br /><br />The work group used the ballot measure largely as a blueprint that would cut carbon emissions through blending biofuel “as long as the fuel is commercially available, technologically feasible, and cost effective.”"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com