LTE: Climate workplan needs improvements
his climate workplan must be improved before the actual vote on August 24. Then make it happen, with funding and cooperation.
Lynn Spitaleri Handlin
Testimony on City Climate Action Workplan
For the sake of future generations and all the others we share this planet with you must do what your document starts with and act like we are living in a climate emergency, but really act, backed with big chunks of the budget, not teeny-tiny crumbs.
Open Letter to the Attorneys at Stoel Rives
We do not believe that all of the humans that work at Stoel Rives really want to be on the wrong side of this. Do the right thing, stop enabling Zenith Energy’s fossil fuel infrastructure projects.
Zenith Energy: A Timeline of Deception and Expansion
December 2017: Zenith moves into the Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub in Portland, transporting crude oil, about 12 tank cars per day, under an expired air quality permit. Late 2018: Zenith is unloading up to 44 … Read more
Testimony to Metro Council: Don’t Widen I-5
I fully support the kids who are leading this charge… They are fighting for their lives. We should not sacrifice their futures for a temporary small reduction in commute time for some people.
The Scariest Monster of All: Climate Chaos!
On October 30, dozens of activists gathered on the Tilikum Bridge to inform the public, with flyers, banner, signs and the World on Fire Truck, about the climate emergency. The very scary Methane Monster was … Read more
No LUCS for Zenith!
Leading up to Earth Day 2019, Extinction Rebellion PDX and other climate activists started the fight against tar sands exports from Portland—with 18 of us getting arrested on Zenith’s oil tanker train tracks. After years … Read more
Report Back: Oregon DEQ Public Hearing on Zenith
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)’s public hearing about Zenith Energy took place on Zoom on August 10th. (Strangely, it was not recorded.) The majority of the meeting was about the water quality permit … Read more
Just Say No to Zenith Oil
Zenith Energy ships some of the dirtiest oil on the planet by rail through Portland — mainly through low income neighborhoods — and loads that oil onto tanker ships at a facility built on an … Read more
Report Back from the Treaty People Gathering
An incredible action. When we headed back to the blockade site this morning, there were still 4 people locked to the boat blocking the road into the site. A few people across the road stayed overnight to provide some support. Activists with a lot of direct action experience and skills, and those with little or none, all worked together beautifully.