Join XRPDX for a New Year’s Eve Celebration!
Got nothing to do on New Year’s Eve? Cool, neither do we! So we’re having a party with music, Jackbox games, and a countdown that will inevitably be out of sync due to latency issues.
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ACTION: Support the Free Mt. Hood Forest Plan!
Bark is hard at work organizing to keep logging out of Zig-Zag, restore beaver habitats, and change Mt. Hood’s management plan to reflect the current realities our community and ecosystem face. Last year, XRPDX supported their efforts to stop … Read more
Stop the Pipeline: More on Line 3
This is a critical time to try to stop Enbridge from moving forward on Line 3, the destructive Minnesota tar sands pipeline. Indigenous women have been leading the struggle against the pipeline for years and … Read more
ACTION: Tell Oregon DEQ to adopt strong rules around oil train derailments and spills
Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is holding hearings on Oil Train Emergency Rulemaking on December 16th at 1pm via Zoom (Meeting ID: 898 5753 7633 with Passcode: 22685), where they will be taking comments … Read more
Five Years Later: The Paris Climate Accord
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
ACTION: Stop the Red House eviction!
As part of our commitment to supporting XR’s Fourth Demand, many of us have been supporting the efforts to prevent an Afro-Indigenous family from losing their ancestral home of six decades: the Red House. It’s … Read more
XRPDX’s Statement on XR America
Extinction Rebellion US and XRPDX are not affiliated with nor do we support XR America. This offshoot from the national XR organization has replaced the XR US 4th Demand with an amorphous “demand” that is … Read more
Pacific Northwest Family Circle Wants to Hear from Federally Charged Protesters
Pacific Northwest Family Circle is putting out a request for protesters who have been charged with federal crimes by local and federal police to give testimony, anonymously if desired. If you’ve been a victim of … Read more
Action Report: Black Friday at Liberty Mutual
On Friday, November 27th, members of XR answered the call of Indigenous leaders, standing in solidarity with water and land protectors to call for Indigenous Sovereignty in the fight against fossil fuel pipelines. A small … Read more
Is Carbon Shadow Pricing enough?
I have been thinking about Portland’s proposed Carbon Shadow Tax, and I am concerned. I am concerned that we as a society continue placing flat monetary values on the health of our environment, and in … Read more