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Google Data Center in The Dalles Photo: Tony Webster PORTLAND, OR — As people fight data centers all over the country, Senator Ron Wyden has been silent about HR 655, The Dalles Watershed Development Act, … Read more
Public Listening Session 3September 23, 2026 | 4:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m. The next meeting of the DCAC will be on September 23, 2026. The Data Center Advisory Committee will be taking comments on its preliminary findings … Read more
Members of XRPDX have been actively following the Governor’s Data Center Advisory Committee. Below are the transcripts of their public testimonies made at the June 26, 2026 meeting. Read the agenda and meeting participants here. … Read more
Voter-approved funds for PCEF are severely under attack at the moment. There are a number of efforts to raid these funds for purposes distant from their original mission and the Equity Plus Climate Framework developed … Read more
Rumble on the River #32: We’re Not Gonna Take the HeatThursday July 9, 2026, Doors and info Tables at 5:30, panel at 6:30Dharma Rain Zen Center, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, 97220 Also, at 5 … Read more
Join us at our watch party on Wednesday, June 17 at 6 PM. We will view the documentary The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist to learn more about the promises and perils … Read more
A growing coalition of migrant rights groups, labor unions, and community organizations will rally at the South Park blocks just south of the Art Museum. Tabling starts at noon and the rally at 1 pm. … Read more
Tuesday, April 28, 2026First Unitarian Church, 1211 SW Main, PortlandDoors and Info Tables at 5:30 pmPanel at 6:30 pmRumbles are always free Like the spring-time emergence of invasive plants, data centers appear to be cropping up … Read more
GO GREEN WITH XRPDX and spread the word: Celebrate Green Time, Not Screen Time. You are invited to Portland’s official 2026 Earth Day Celebration at Sunnyside Environmental School. Join XRPDX along with 350PDX, Making Earth Cool, Sunnyside … Read more
Three XRPDX scientists had the honor and pleasure to meet author Robin Wall Kimmerer and two of her staff colleagues for over an hour in the Paramount lounge on March 24. Kimmerer has launched a … Read more