🌎 Climate Superfund & Transportation! Take 2 actions today 🌎

Make Polluters pay. Support Climate Superfund bill SB 1541 today! Your comments are key.

What’s happening: The Oregon Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildfire held a public hearing on the Climate Resilience Superfund bill on Thursday, February 5 at 1:00 p.m. The bill requires the biggest global fossil fuel companies to pay their fair share for climate-related disasters in Oregon. Importantly, funds will be dedicated to wildfire mitigation, nature-based solutions, and climate resilience projects that benefit communities hit hardest by fossil fuel pollution and climate change. 

If you’ve already commented, THANK YOU!

If you have yet to do so, you can support with written testimony through 1 pm tomorrow Saturday Feb. 7.

Not sure what to say? Check out our sample letter! (Please personalize.)

Dear Chair Golden, and Members of the Senate Natural Resources Committee,

I support SB 1541 to create a Climate Resilience Superfund. We need the large polluters who caused this mess to be held responsible for their fair share to clean it up.

This bill is important to me because …

From wildfires to droughts to heat waves which kill, communities across the state have been bearing the harms of our climate crisis. These growing harms are largely the result of burning fossil fuels, and fossil fuel corporations have known for more than 50 years the damage their products cause. Instead of taking responsibility for the problem they tried to sew doubt, reaping billions of dollars of profits while ordinary Oregonians lose their lives, homes, and businesses to climate disaster.

For too long, the cost of cleaning up the impacts of climate change has been the responsibility of average Oregonians and our local governments. That must change. The large fossil fuel companies that knowingly caused the crisis need to pay their fair share.

As Oregon’s elected officials, you have the power to shift the costs from your constituents to these mega corporations. I urge you to pass SB 1541.

Sincerely,

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You can see more suggestions and talking points for the Make Polluters Pay/Climate Superfund bill (SB 1541) in this toolkit courtesy of Food and Water Watch!

(For anyone having problems with the hyperlinks, direct testimony link on OLIS (Oregon Legislative Information System) =
https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Testimony/SNRW/SB/1541/0000-00-00-00-00?area=Measures 

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Support safe, clean, reliable transportation

Right now, we’ve got a real chance to build the future Oregonians deserve by making sure every single transportation dollar is used as efficiently as possible. Move Oregon Forward’s two key transportation bills will ensure money is used efficiently and start investing in the safe, clean, and reliable transportation that Oregonians need to get around. 

Will you submit testimony urging leaders to deliver results that Oregonians need to get to work, school, and the doctor? Use Move Oregon Forward’s submission form which will let you submit the same testimony for both SB 1543 Measure What We Drive and SB 1542 Guardrails for Good Governance.

(I know these bills don’t sound very exciting or even very climate positive but sometimes the dry details are key to the solutions.)

Oregon’s transportation debt has surged by 400%, which is faster than our revenue is growing. The current status quo forces the state to commit money to new projects without actually showing how they'll be paid for. This has led to a major lack of investment in road safety and bridge maintenance. It also means we aren't investing in climate-forward transportation systems that protect public health.

As a member of the Move Oregon Forward Coalition, we’re championing two priority bills to fix this:

Guardrails for Good Governance:  Establishes strict oversight to help the agency manage its debt, budget, and projects more responsibly, and

Measure What We Drive: Requires every large transportation project to earn its funding through a public safety, maintenance, and climate impact score, ensuring we fix our crumbling infrastructure before we think about building more

Will you submit written testimony to support accountability in transportation?

Hearings begin this Monday, February 9. You can submit your written testimony online from now until February 11 at 3 p.m. Need ideas for what to say? Review our testimony toolkit to get talking points and a sample you can personalize.

Together, we can create accessible transportation that moves everyone forward!

Thank you for taking climate action!