Oregon Environmental Council
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Oregon Environmental Council Inc. | |
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| Formation | 1968 |
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| Type | Nonprofit |
| 93-0578714 | |
| Legal status | 501(c)(3) |
| Headquarters | Portland, Oregon |
Executive Director | Jana Gastellum |
| Bruce Abernethy; Debra Dunn; JJ Green; Michael Jung; Heidi Khokhar; Peter Koehler; Antonio Lara; David Lohman; Makely Lyon; Karen Moynahan; Doris Penwell; Elizabeth Silberg; Jean Wilson; Philip Wu | |
| Website | https://oeconline.org/ |
The Oregon Environmental Council (OEC) is an environmental advocacy group based in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was founded in 1968.[1]
History
[edit | edit source]The Oregon Environmental Council was founded in 1968 by a group of "ordinary citizens", including PTA and garden club members, outdoor enthusiasts, conservationists and other individuals who "had an interest in protecting the environmental legacy of Oregon".[2]
Current work
[edit | edit source]Current program work of the OEC includes public policy, addressing global warming, preventing toxic exposure, improving the quality of Oregon's rivers, sustainable economic issues, and food and farms.[1] Andrea Durbin has been the group's executive director since 2006.[3]
Activities
[edit | edit source]Activities of the Oregon Environmental Council include:
- 1968 - Passed Mount Jefferson Wilderness Bill[citation needed]
- 1971 - Led citizen support that passed the Oregon Bottle Bill, the first bottle bill in the nation[4]
- 1973 - Helped pass Oregon Senate Bills 100 and 101, Oregon's land use planning law[5]
- 1975 - Secured National Recreation Area protection for Hells Canyon[6][7]
- 1977 - Secured nation's first ban on certain ozone-depleting chemicals[2]
- 1987 - Created Oregon Superfund Program and the Governor's Watershed Enhancement Board (now known as Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board)[2]
- 1991 - Secured the nation's first law requiring state agencies to minimize pesticide use
- 1999 - Passed a Pesticide Right to Know Law guaranteeing public access to data about all commercial pesticide use in Oregon [2]
- 2003 - Passed a first-of-its-kind tax incentive for insurance companies to offer Pay-as-You-Drive auto insurance[8]
- 2006 - Won United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Children's Environmental Health Excellence Award for their Eco-Healthy Child Care and Tiny Footprints programs that help parents and caregivers reduce children's exposure to toxic chemicals[9][10]
- 2007 - Passed Climate Change Integration Act, setting greenhouse gas reduction goals for Oregon into statute and established statewide Global Warming Commission[2][11]
- 2007 - Launched the Carbon Neutral Challenge for Oregon wineries, with dozens of Oregon wineries participating to reduce their carbon footprints[12]
- 2008 - Released landmark "Pollution in People" report, which tested the bodies of 10 Oregon men and women for chemicals, followed by the "Price of Pollution" report, the state's first-ever economic assessment of the true costs of environmentally triggered disease in Oregon[13]
See also
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