Levy to sit on global warming commission
By Terry Murry on Friday, July 7th, 2023 in Columbia Basin News More Top Stories
ECHO – Oregon Rep. Bobby Levy (R-Echo) is the newest member of the Oregon Global Warming Commission. She already sits on the House Climate, Energy, and Environment Committee and the Hanford Cleanup Board. She noticed an opening for a Republican on the commission and asked for the appointment.
“I wanted to have a voice on what is going on in the global warming field, and that was my easiest way to do it,” she said.
Levy said she has a lot to learn before her first quarterly meeting with the commission.
“I actually am going to visit with some of the people that are on the board and get up to speed with what they’re doing, and I’ve been researching what’s been going on,” she said. “I have a lot to learn.”
The commission tracks trends in greenhouse gas emissions, recommends ways to coordinate state and local efforts to reduce emissions, and works to prepare communities for the effects of climate change. The legislative members of the Oregon Global Warming Commission do not vote on the issues being considered.
This area does have a voting member on the commission. She is Ecologist Cheryl Shippentower of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
