natural gas

Eugene’s City Council is considering new fees in hopes of reducing the city’s carbon footprint.

Oregon’s largest gas utility is facing yet another lawsuit this week, just days after Multnomah County added the company to a lawsuit related to 2021 heat dome deaths.

Eugene Mayor Lucy Vinis delivered her final State of the City Address Monday evening. On stage at the Hult Center, she reflected on Eugene’s recent investments in housing and public safety, as well as its path forward on climate change.

Eugene voters will not be deciding this November whether to approve an ordinance to restrict natural gas.

Opponents of Eugene’s proposed ordinance banning natural gas hookups in new residential construction say they’ll proceed with their campaign, even as a federal court ruling puts the legality of the ordinance in doubt.

A court case in California could hamstring efforts in Washington and Oregon to limit new natural gas connections, after an appeals court ruled in April that a city ordinance conflicted with federal law.

A signature-gathering effort aimed at forcing a public vote on Eugene’s new natural gas ordinance has been successful.

An effort by the gas utility Northwest Natural to overturn Eugene’s new natural gas ordinance is one step closer to reaching the ballot.

About 150 Eugene students marched out of their schools Friday as part of the 2023 Global Climate Strike. They converged on the downtown to protest corporate efforts to overturn the city’s natural gas ordinance.

The gas utility Northwest Natural is so far the only funder of an effort to overturn Eugene’s new natural gas ordinance.

Eugene’s new ordinance banning natural gas hookups in new low-rise residential buildings would be put to a public vote, if organizers of a signature-gathering effort are successful.

Natural gas infrastructure will be banned in new low-rise residential buildings in Eugene.