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Lawmakers revive plan to charge polluters for extreme weather damages
Lawmakers revive plan to charge polluters for extreme weather damages
Lawmakers revive plan to charge polluters for extreme weather damages

Published on: 02/12/2026

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Environmental Protection Agency workers remove hazardous materials from a Talent, Ore. neighborhood that was destroyed in the Almeda Fire, a major, destructive part of the 2020 Oregon Labor Day fires. A Climate Superfund could help communities like Talent better prepare for extreme weather.

Oregon lawmakers are making another effort to pass a bill that would make major out-of-state fossil fuel companies pay for the damages and economic losses suffered by Oregonians as a result of extreme weather in the state.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2026/02/lawmakers-revive-plan-to-charge-polluters-for-extreme-weather-damages.html

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