Oregon DEQ proposes 37% fuel decarbonization by 2035

In Oregon, the Portland Business Journal reports the Department of Environmental Quality staff have proposed to increase the required carbon intensity reduction for fuels by 2035 to 37% compared to 2015 levels, beyond the governor’s proposal for 25% by that date. The current clean fuels law that was enacted six years ago has a current decarbonization reduction of 10% by 2025. Environmental activists want even deeper cuts while the fossil fuels lobby has questioned the proposal’s legality.