COP 28 or COOPTED28?
Some are calling it COPOUT28 and others COOPTED28. Although it started out with finally setting up a Loss and Damages fund, less than .2% of what is needed every year has thus far been pledged … Read more
Actions
Relating to short posts calling for some action: signing a petition, joining a march or vigil, attending a webinar, etc.
Rebels and Tubas
Rebels, you are needed! Help distribute flyers regarding Zenith Energy’s oil terminal in NW Portland and their Air Quality Permit. Zenith Energy’s oil-by-rail operations are dangerous to our communities. Let’s Stop Zenith from expanding their … Read more
COP28 Day of Solidarity with Global South
Saturday, Dec 9, 8am-4pm PSU Farmers Market, North End (SW Park and Mill) As the UN’s COP28 international climate conference comes to a close, we will raise awareness and share information in support of the … Read more
See RED, Wear RED
Are you seeing RED over Portland’s backroom deal with Zenith? Bring your fiery passion to the Environmental Quality Commission (advisory Board for DEQ). Join Extinction Rebellion and others for Chalking outside the DEQ Portland office. … Read more
Metro’s Regional Transportation Plan
Metro’s next Regional Transportation Plan should be setting us up for a safer, habitable future. Instead, it doubles down on cars by doubling our new roadway spending and cutting transit investment to a third of … Read more
Hold City Hall Accountable on Police Oversight
In 2020, Portland voters approved Measure 26-217, by an overwhelming vote of 82%, establishing a Police Accountability Commission to create a police accountability oversight system. The Police Accountability Commission created an independent investigative body called … Read more
Prevent the Weakening of Environmental & Labor Laws in Asia
The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC) is coming to San Francisco, November 11-19 to establish major international trade deals. The ministers and businesses involved prioritize corporate profits over people’s needs while crafting agreements that will impact … Read more
Stop the Commercialization of Huckleberries
On October 11th a group of people led by an indigenous elder from one of the Columbia River Tribes spent the day protesting at the Tillamook Creamery Visitors Center asking them to stop selling Huckleberry products. … Read more
Zenith Again!
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
Push back on Metro’s Regional Transportation Plan
XRPDX is working with Portland’s Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and others on protesting Metro’s proposed Regional Transportation Plan. The Regional Transportation Plan, or RTP, is a comprehensive document describing all of the planned improvements on public roads … Read more