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Janet Weil

Janet Weil is a writer and climate activist who works on the XRPDX media working group. She also serves on the Advisory Board of Ethics in Tech, and the Climate Crisis and Militarism working group of Veterans For Peace. A bird lover, Janet is inspired by the decades-long quest to bring back the California condor from the brink of extinction.

Connect to the Global Rebellion Movement!

March 26, 2021March 25, 2021 by Janet Weil

Want to know more about Extinction Rebellion as a planetary movement, with over 1100 local groups active in 76 countries? Here are a few ways to expand your awareness: Sign up for the weekly Global … Read more

Tags Fridays For Future, XR Global, XR UK, XR US

Jeff and Earl say: Hey Joe, it’s a Climate Emergency!

February 11, 2021 by Janet Weil
Yellow posters in front of Portland City Hall that say "It's time to:" with notes completed by activists. For example, "Its time to: Stop burning fossil fuels".

Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley and Congressman Earl Blumenauer have joined East Coasters Senator Chuck Schumer and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in a bill to compel our new president to declare a national Climate Emergency Declaration (CED):https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2021/02/04/congressional-bill-urges-biden-declare-climate-emergency … Read more

Tags Climate Emergency Declaration

This Is What Winning Looks Like

January 21, 2021 by Janet Weil

Yes, we CAN win. This week the “thin green line” held, scoring two big victories over proposed projects for corporate profiteering. The first win: the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission upheld the Oregon Department of Environmental … Read more

Tags Columbia Riverkeeper, Jordan Cove LNG, Kalama, Line 3, State of Oregon, State of Washington

Death of a Pipeline

January 21, 2021 by Janet Weil

On Day One of his presidency, Joe Biden signed executive orders to re-enter the United States into the Paris Climate Agreement and rescind the Keystone XL pipeline permit. Pretty good for starters. Kudos to all … Read more

Tags Jordan Cove LNG, Keystone XL, Paris Climate Accord, pipelines

Tipping Points and Greta and the Dalai Lama, oh my!

January 14, 2021 by Janet Weil

tipping point: 1. (mathematics, catastrophe theory) The point at which a slow, reversible change becomes irreversible, often with dramatic consequences. 2. (sociology) A point in time when a group rapidly and dramatically changes its behavior by widely adopting … Read more

Tags Dalai Lama, Greta Thunberg, IPCC, tipping point, webinars

Five Years Later: The Paris Climate Accord

December 14, 2020 by Janet Weil

As the plague-haunted year of 2020 comes to a close, the Paris Climate Accord concludes its first five years…of ever-higher greenhouse gas emissions and climate impacts. Greta Thunberg shared a video message about this sad … Read more

Tags Paris Climate Accord

Are We “Past the Tipping Point”? Don’t Panic!

December 6, 2020November 16, 2020 by Janet Weil

Icy rain was hitting my window as I read through my Twitter feed. November’s gray gloom made the afternoon feel like an endless evening, and a recent report published in Nature titled “An earth system … Read more

What’s Next? A Post-Election To-Do List

January 21, 2021November 9, 2020 by Janet Weil

The tsunami of money, stunts, bluster and coup threats known as the 2020 Elections is over. Finally! The climate crisis continues, along with other crises of ecological and human devastation, including a sharp uptick in … Read more

Tags City of Portland, Climate Emergency Declaration, COVID-19, Green New Deal, ODOT, Zenith Energy

Kate Brown, Those Deputized Cops Have to Go

December 6, 2020November 2, 2020 by Janet Weil

When you’re being repressed by the police — teargassed or hit with other chemical munitions; beaten and shoved; arrested with federal charges; and more — it doesn’t make you feel one bit better that it’s … Read more

Tags Portland Protests

What will tear gas do to us? Look to the trees.

November 19, 2020August 17, 2020 by Janet Weil

This is a follow up to Austen’s post, “What has tear gas done to Portland?” I didn’t want to do a follow up on police tear gas poisoning of the Rose City. We rebels in … Read more

Tags Portland Protests, tear gas
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