Two years ago, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) adopted the Climate Protection Program, which creates limits on greenhouse gas emissions from oil and natural gas companies, with a target of 90% reduction by 2050. The program also allows for fossil fuel suppliers to reduce emissions through the program’s Community Climate Investment (CCI) credit program (cap-and-trade). NW Natural must purchase CCIs because the company, which only sells fossil fuel gas, must offset its carbon emissions enough to meet state-required climate goals.
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