Oregon Gov. Kotek calls herself a “climate champion,” a moniker her supporters also used during her campaign for governor. …But Kotek is now halfway through her term as the state’s top government official [and] hasn’t made climate or environmental issues central to her agenda. …Oregon has many programs aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the state’s biggest emitters, including the transportation and buildings sectors. But Kotek has her eyes set on other ways to reduce the state’s overall greenhouse gas emissions — carbon storage or carbon sequestration. …“Elliott State Research Forest has been really important to me to make sure we can have carbon sequestration as part of the goals for the research forest, see how it’s actually working, get us onto the carbon credit market,” she said. …Kotek said overall, the Elliott is an important part of reducing the state’s greenhouse gas emissions.