Oregon Climate by Francis Eatherington used under CC BY-NC 2.0
Oregon Climate by Francis Eatherington used under CC BY-NC 2.0
Last week, the Oregon Legislature held an informational hearing on two climate pollution pricing bills (a cap-and-dividend bill and a limit pollution bill) …now what? Also, how does Sightline’s work on carbon pricing relate to our work on democracy reform? Jefferson Smith of KXRY.fm’s “Thank You, Democracy” helps make the connections.
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Kristin Eberhard, Director, Climate and Democracy, is a researcher, writer, speaker, lawyer and policy analyst who spearheads Sightline Institute’s work on democracy reform and on climate action. She is the author of the book, Becoming a Democracy: How We Can Fix the Electoral College, Gerrymandering, and Our Elections. She is known as a leading expert on electoral reform in the Pacific Northwest, and is considered an authority on proportional representation as well as carbon pricing. Read her full bio here, and email her at kristin [at] sightline [dot] org. 
Mark W Spitzer
Check out WA – we get most of the key things right
Anne Fuller
Wish you had made it a bit clearer that the Senate Bill you describe is the rewritten one – the bill as introduced had glaring flaws. It would have eliminated automatic voter registration. The committee substitute has some language to insist on digital multi-factor authentication (even though we have a robust state interface called My Alaska already).