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Oregon’s utility regulators on Tuesday told the state’s largest gas supplier, NW Natural, that its long term plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in coming years is insufficient to meet state climate goals.

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.

Last week (Feb. 19, 2021), the city of Eugene allowed a deadline to renew a franchise agreement with NW Natural gas to lapse. City leaders want to…