DEQ makes long-awaited announcement on controversial climate program

The agency has selected a California nonprofit to distribute what industry sources expect will be billions of dollars in carbon taxes.

 

By Nigel Jaquiss

Oregon Journalism Project

Oregon businesses that burn fossil fuels, like Woodburn Nursery & Azaleas, will see costs increase as Oregon’s Climate Protection Program is implemented.
— Laura Tesler photo

Last month, Gov. Tina Kotek’s Prosperity Council recommended scrapping the state’s controversial Climate Protection Program — commonly called the CPP —…