XRPDX
Year-End XRPDX Working Group Reports
ANCE (Act Now for Climate Emergency) Report By Diane Meisenhelter During 2022, XRPDX’s ANCE work group monitored and protested the City of Portland’s inaction on reducing GHG emissions. Early in the year we pressured the City … Read more
What a Year!
Again, we took the City Council to task for not creating or implementing policies to live up to their promises in the 2020 Climate Emergency Declaration. Again we assembled on a rainy June day, with art, music, speeches and determination, at the gates of Zenith.
Fossil Fuel Phase Out in Portland
this binding, overarching directive to the City to prevent new fossil fuel infrastructure and phase out fossil fuels (in line with climate science and environmental justice) will lead to concrete policy instead of mere promises
Rescind “New” LUCS: Open Letter to Dan Ryan
RE: Zenith’s 2022 LUCSDear Commissioner Dan Ryan,cc: Mayor Ted Wheeler, Portland City Council, Bureau of Development Services We are writing on behalf of a coalition of environmental groups in the Portland area to express our … Read more
XRUS All-Member Gathering!
By The XRUS Chapter Engagement and Support Working Group(Leah, Philip, and Ellen) The next few months and years are utterly crucial for mitigating the worst impacts of climate change. The United States, as one of the wealthiest nations … Read more
Portland’s Zenith Syndrome: The Gaping Hole in the “Thin Green Line”
Relying only on a promise that FIVE years from now, and more than 7 years on from Portland’s Climate Emergency Declaration, Zenith would be transporting 100% renewable fuels, the Bureau of Development Services agreed that continuing to transship fuels from dangerous oil trains running through the Columbia River Gorge and Portland neighborhoods is actually a “compatible” use of the land between the Willamette River and Forest Park.
Rumble on the River Community Forum
Join us for “Rumble on the River Community Forum: What’s Up with Zenith Energy and the Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub in Portland.” WHAT: “Rumble on the River Community Forum: What’s Up with Zenith Energy and … Read more
Manchin’s Act, Merkley’s Words
Five hundred and eighteen: the word count of Senator Merkley’s letter to Senator Schumer. The letter objects to what Merkley calls “proposed permitting reforms” on environmental justice grounds. Seven senators (Booker, Cardin, Duckworth, Markey, Sanders, … Read more
Stop Manchin’s Dirty Side Deal!
XRPDX is taking action! Who: XRPDX and AlliesWhat: Street Theater Protest and Letter DeliveryWhere: Senator Wyden’s Office, 911 NE 11th Avenue, PortlandWhen: Friday, September 9, 1 pmWhy: To #StopTheDirtySideDeal Here is the pledge we are asking Oregon’s Senators to sign … Read more