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Margaret Butler

Margaret Butler was born and raised in Portland and spent 40 years in the labor movement. Upon retirement, she embraced climate justice activism with Climate Jobs PDX and XRPDX.

Stop Zenith Campaign Update 1/5/25

January 6, 2025January 5, 2025 by Margaret Butler

In mid-December, the Department of Environmental Quality held a public meeting to inform us of the actions DEQ has taken to regulate Zenith, given Zenith’s use of the McCall dock without proper permission. DEQ demanded … Read more

Tags City of Portland, Zenith, Zenith Energy

Tell DEQ No Air Quality Permit for Zenith Energy

November 4, 2024October 24, 2024 by Margaret Butler

DEQ has opened the public comment period on Zenith Energy’s application for a new air quality permit. This means we have until December 16th to organize masses of public comment and visible opposition to granting that permit. … Read more

Tags DEQ, Oregon DEQ, Zenith, Zenith Energy

Not Normal

January 24, 2024 by Margaret Butler

As was the case for many Portlanders last week, my family lost power during the wind and freezing temperatures on Saturday the 13th.  Our old house is not well insulated and the temperature dropped fast over … Read more

Tags Climate Anxiety, Climate Breakdown, Climate Change, Portland, weather

Zenith Again!

October 25, 2023 by Margaret Butler

Thanks to the good work of Breach Collective and several journalists, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests proved that the City of Portland was in conversations with Zenith Energy through the summer and fall of … Read more

Tags Action of the Week, City of Portland, Zenith Energy

Paddle Zenith Out of Portland

June 2, 2023 by Margaret Butler

On Sunday, June 11, join a land and water action at Cathedral Park in Portland to demonstrate our community’s resistance to harmful and dangerous fossil fuels. It’s time to end the era of fossil fuels! … Read more

Tags Action of the Week, Zenith

Rumble on The River #7

May 21, 2023 by Margaret Butler

Come to our nextCommunity Forum on the CEI Hub and Zenith EnergyTuesday, May 23rd: Info Tables at 6 p.m. / Panel at 6:30 p.m.First Unitarian Church Buchan Room 1226 SW Salmon Panelists will include: Jay Wilson: Past … Read more

Tags Action of the Week

It’s Time for our Spring Rebellion!

April 16, 2023 by Margaret Butler

XR PDX and allies will be taking to the streets to say it’s time to transition from doom to bloom.  We are planning three actions: April 24th, Noon, Pioneer Courthouse Square  Let’s pop the fossil fuel … Read more

Tags Action of the Week

Pop the Fossil Fuel Bubble

April 16, 2023 by Margaret Butler

Join XR and friends on Monday April 24th at noon, Pioneer Courthouse Square for street theater and bubble fun as we call on banks to end their financing of fossil fuel projects. We are in the midst … Read more

Tags banks, Portland Protests

April 29th Blooming at Zenith

April 16, 2023 by Margaret Butler

Zenith stokes the climate crisis by bringing in dangerous fuel by train and storing it on land that will collapse in an earthquake. Experts estimate that a subduction zone earthquake would cause the soil to … Read more

Tags Portland Protests, Zenith Energy

Zenith’s Greenwashing Ploy

September 22, 2022 by Margaret Butler

The City needs to stay strong and not grant Zenith the LUCS that it wants.  Train watching in the spring showed that the vast majority (95%+) of the trains at Zenith were carrying crude oil, not renewable diesel.

Tags Biofuels, CEI Hub, City of Portland, Land use Compatibility Statement, LUCS, Renewable Fuels, Zenith, Zenith Energy
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