I'm writing to urge you to reject pressure to repeal Oregon's Clean Fuels law, particularly as part of some larger package involving transportation and land use. Oregon is already feeling the impact of climate change with widespread drought and ocean warming, those impacts will only accelerate. Clean Fuels is a small step towards a practical and inevitable response, shifting away from fossil fuels. As compelling as Clean Fuels is, so are reasons to oppose the proposed repeal package.
The repeal package
is at every level an abuse of process and an insult to democracy. Where in the state constitution is there a
"Gang of 8"? Where does it say
that Republican and Democratic interests must be given equal weight regardless
of election results? This isn't the
first time we've seen a "Grand Bargain" that sacrificed process in
the name of political expediency. The
result speaks for itself.
Please, look to the
future. Don't repeat mistakes of the
past.
Thanks for your
consideration,
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