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Series: Power Struggle:What Stalled the Northwest’s Push for Green Energy?

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Reporting Highlights • “No” to Nukes: Oregon liberals, opposed to nuclear power in the 1970s, created a complex process for getting new energy projects approved. • New Energy Woes: The onerous process is now being used to stall wind and solar projects, and one 76-year-old has filed more challenges to green energy proposals than anyone in the state. • Failure to Act: Lawmakers have killed or weakened bills to modernize Oregon’s slow approval process, which is one factor critics blame for Oregon’s dismal green energy growth.

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