Mark Darienzo 
Letter to the Editor: The City of Portland Planning Commission is about to make safety decisions regarding the Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) Hub, a six-mile stretch of fuel tanks on the banks of the Willamette … Read more
Potluck Picnic with Visionary ActivistsSunday, June 8, 2025, 4:30 PMWilshire Park, 4048 NE 35th PlacePortland, OR Our global economy is not serving the vast majority of the planet’s inhabitants. Driven by an addiction to profit and … Read more
These two important documentaries, although different, are very connected in their opposition to industries that do not care about the health of the people or planet we live on. Once a Braided River by Barbara … Read more
Oil releases from the tanks to the river would spread downstream all the way to the mouth of the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean, creating an ecological nightmare.
The XRPDX Coordinating Group is made of representatives from the XRPDX working groups. The working groups select representatives to serve on the Coordinating Group.
The Coordinating Group does not make decisions for XR …
given the uncertainty about the benefits of renewable diesel, a skeptical voice needs to be raised and the precautionary principle applied. Renewable diesel is only a short-term solution that contains several potential negative consequences.
Extinction Rebellion PDX will protest Zenith Energy’s continued operation at their transshipment facility, gathering at Highway 30 and Kittredge at noon on June 4, then marching half a mile to Zenith’s front gate at 5501 … Read more
XRPDX supports PCEF and will pressure the City not to concede to the demands of the business community.
“society needs to decide what we want: a polluted and essentially unlivable planet or a planet that is healthy and livable and respects human rights.”
The dangers of climate change are mounting so rapidly that they could soon overwhelm the ability of both nature and humanity to adapt.