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)RXUNH\GHWDLOVLQ)LQLFXPUHSRUW Malheur County voters
voice resounding ‘no’
to Owyhee monument
By AMANDA PEACHER
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Oregon to the top ranks of a
handful of other states that
have renewable mandates
of 50 percent or more.
Hawaii, for instance, has
a 100-percent requirement
by 2045 while Massachu-
setts has 1-percent annual
increase
inde¿ nitely,
according to the Union of
Brown
Concerned Scientists.
Coal and renewables
are among the key talking points
that drive the national debate over
climate change, which is a top
agenda item for Democrats and the
party’s presidential campaigns this
year. Oregon’s new law also aligns
with some of President Obama’s
statements on the topic over the
years.
“We’ve got to accelerate the tran-
sition away from old, dirtier energy
sources. Rather than subsidize the
past, we should invest in the future
— especially in communities that
rely on fossil fuels,” Obama said
during his ¿ nal State of the Union
address in January.
But Democrats’ efforts for tighter
regulations on the energy industry
are at odds with Republicans
who are trying to block
Obama’s Clean Power
Plan in court.
Even for progressive
Oregon, the new anti-coal
law — a negotiated deal
between the state’s utili-
ties and environmentalists
— wasn’t an easy pass.
Oregon
GOP
lawmakers, the minority
party in both statehouse
chambers, went to great lengths to
stop the measure with tactics that
slowed down the entire legislative
process. The GOP raised concerns
about cost increases to consumers’
energy bills and questioned whether
the environmental bene¿ ts were
overstated.
“Today, Gov. Brown gave her
stamp of approval to a new renew-
able energy mandate that will cost
residential electricity customers in
Oregon $190 more each year until
2040,” Senate Republican Leader
Ted Ferrioli, among the law’s most
outspoken opponents, said Friday.
He argued the law “lines the
pockets of the green energy industry
at the expense of working Orego-
nians who get nothing in return.”
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and oceans.”
Conservation proposals for
wilderness or monument desig-
nations in the Owyhee have also
drawn ¿ erce local opposition
during recent public meetings.
The Oregon Natural Desert
Association has been talking
about wilderness in the Owyhee
for years, but that can only be
designated through Congress.
President Obama has not
given any indication that he
plans to designate the Owyhee
a national monument, as some
conservationists
propose.
Obama has already created or
expanded 19 national monu-
ments. Secretary of Interior
Sally Jewell said last week that
she is not aware of any coordi-
nation between her of¿ ce and
the White House on a monu-
ment proposal.
The Malheur County vote is
advisory only and holds no legal
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An overwhelming majority
of voters in Malheur County
rejected Tuesday the idea of a
national monument in a corner
of southeast Oregon known as
the Owyhee Canyonlands.
The vast and rugged area is
known for its stunning red rock
geology and canyons, extreme
remoteness and wildlife habitat.
It’s also an important area for
cattle grazing and hunting.
The idea of an Owyhee
National Monument is cham-
pioned by Keen Footwear. The
Portland-based company led a
petition campaign to convince
President Obama to designate
the monument, using his
executive authority through the
Antiquities Act.
Malheur County leaders
decided to put the idea to citi-
zens with an advisory vote, and
County Clerk Deborah DeLong
says voter turnout was high for a
special election — higher even
than some primary elections.
Ninety percent of voters rejected
the monument proposal. In some
rural precincts, 100 percent of
voters voted no.
“It’s amazing to me that the
difference in the vote was 90
percent no and 10 percent yes,”
said DeLong. “That’s a huge
statement.”
Malheur County resident
Tim Davis leads the grassroots
group Friends of the Owyhee
in Malheur County. He voted
yes on the monument proposal,
because he said it’s important
“to have areas like this for
people to explore and love.”
“Now that the people of
Malheur County have spoken
loudly and clearly against a 2.5
million acre federal monument,
it’s time for Gov. (Kate) Brown
and our U.S. senators to speak
out against it as well,” said
Steve Russell, Chairman of the
Owyhee Basin Stewardship
Coalition, in a statement.
“Oregon already has millions of
acres of protected lands, rivers
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PORTLAND (AP) — With
the stroke of Gov. Kate Brown’s
signature Friday, Oregon became
the ¿ rst state to eradicate coal from
its power supply through legislation
and now boasts some of the most
stringent demands for renewable
energy among its state peers.
The new law will wipe out
coal-generated energy in phases
through 2030 and requires utilities
to provide half of customers’ power
with renewable sources by 2040,
doubling the state’s previous stan-
dard.
“Oregon is known to be a leader
in clean-energy programs, investing
in energy ef¿ ciency and recognizing
the risk of climate change,” said
Brown, who signed the measure
surrounded by students at a Portland
elementary school that’s powered
by solar panels.
Environmental experts and advo-
cates say the law’s coal phase-out
component is precedent-setting
for lawmakers considering similar
moves in their own states, although
Hawaii and Vermont have long-
standing histories of running coal-
free.
The renewables portion thrusts
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Highway 395 at some
point during the incident,
according to the report.
It’s not clear how much,
if anything, these people
were able to witness from
the scene, but two OSP
of¿ cers said they collected
statements from them, but
those statements are not
included in this document
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In interviews during the days
after the shooting, investigators
repeatedly asked OSP of¿ cers about
gun shell casings from the scene.
“Did you happen to see ...
anybody, um picking anything up?
Like, speci¿ cally the riÀ e brass,”
asked the interviewer, after an
of¿ cer told him he had noticed two
casings at the scene of the shooting.
OSP of¿ cers said they did not
see anyone actively removing shell
casings from the scene.
The documents do not make it
clear why investigators inquired
about the shell casings. But in a
Tuesday press conference, investi-
gators said they eventually learned
that FBI agents did not immediately
reveal they had ¿ red two shots as
Finicum exited his truck.
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Several new details came to light had also already reached
Thursday regarding the circum- that decision.
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stances of the of¿ cer-involved
shooting death of Robert “LaVoy” the decision to shoot and
was reaching out to get
Finicum.
Finicum, an Arizona rancher and my safety off,” the of¿ cer
one of the leaders of the Malheur told investigators. By the
National Wildlife Refuge occupa- time the safety was off, Finicum
tion, was killed by law enforcement the of¿ cer said, Finicum
during a Jan. 26 operation. The had already been hit, and it was no
Central Oregon Major Incident longer necessary to shoot.
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list of autopsy evidence, interviews
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and diagrams of the fatal traf¿ c stop before the traf¿ c stop, law enforce-
along Highway 395 north of Burns. ment planned for a third vehicle in
The report is only part of the the traf¿ c stop.
In addition to those driven
investigation.
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Deschutes
County Sheriff¶s Of¿ ce said more by Ammon Bundy and LaVoy
documents would be made avail- Finicum, of¿ cers at the scene were
also expecting a rancher in a maroon
able as redactions are complete.
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views, both of¿ cers said they saw
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where he had a 9 mm handgun. For approached police roadblocks along
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Oregon Public Broadcasting
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