Oregon bill would require fossil fuel projects to undergo a ‘climate test’

Few states have done more in recent years to catalyze the shift away from fossil fuels than Oregon. In the last year alone, state legislators passed one of the nation’s most ambitious renewable transition plans, and the state’s largest city, Portland, passed a law banning new fossil fuel infrastructure from being constructed within city limits.

Now, Oregon is looking to push this transition a step farther, by making fossil fuel companies undergo a more extensive environmental review process before any project could be approved for construction in the state. Informally known as the “Climate Test” bill, House Bill 3343, if passed, would require any proposed fossil fuel projects to undergo a review that would calculate the total emissions of the project and its impact on the climate....
https://thinkprogress.org/oregon-climate-test-fossil-fuel-legislation-c72b7f31bcce