Oregon Bill Proposes New Statewide Land Use Planning Goal for Climate Justice
By EsqSocial Corporation 30/03/21
Oregon House Bill 2488 requires the Land Conservation and Development Commission to adopt a new statewide planning goal to address climate change mitigation and environmental justice for disadvantaged communities (“Goal 20”). Goal 20 would require local governments, and by extension new projects and land use proposals, to evaluate climate change impacts, mitigate greenhouse gas emission, and protect carbon sequestration areas......
By: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC