Arrested Scientists Were Ignored – Letter to the Oregonian
Scientists Bernadette Rodgers and William Livernois await arrest at Portland Business Alliance offices on April 6, International Day of Action, Scientist Rebellion.
Editorials
Editorials, essays, opinion pieces and subjective personal reports.
From Empty Words to Meaningful Action: Portland Must Live Up to Its Promises
As I write these words, a blanket of slushy snow lies on the ground outside my window. Just last week though, temperatures were in the upper 70s. A month ago, researchers at the Arctic Circle … Read more
Why Aren’t You a Rebel?
I became involved with XR PDX just after it started up a few years ago, in 2019. We were riding the success of XR UK’s impressive shutdowns of London. So, lots of people were excited … Read more
Portland Clean Energy Fund (PCEF) Updates
XRPDX supports PCEF and will pressure the City not to concede to the demands of the business community.
“Dangerous Disruption” – the 2022 IPCC Report
The dangers of climate change are mounting so rapidly that they could soon overwhelm the ability of both nature and humanity to adapt.
Two Campaigns for ’22
After two months of reflection and research, XRPDX members, at our February 8th full chapter meeting, officially adopted two campaigns to focus on in 2022.
Killing a School to Widen a Freeway?!
Last spring the Oregon Department of Transportation’s maps planning an I-5 freeway expansion were uncovered by No More Freeways PDX. These maps detailed expanding the interstate onto the school grounds of Harriet Tubman Middle School. … Read more
Portland Needs Cleaner Air, not Wider Freeways
How clean is the air above Portland, and how clean (or not) will it remain? Protecting air quality and blocking the widening of the I-5 freeway are two essential tasks for the City of Portland … Read more
Prepare for Impact: Comet MAGA
The movie Don’t Look Up is an obvious metaphor for any situation in which a population carries on with business as usual as doom rapidly approaches. Obviously, that could be climate disruption or the COVID-19 … Read more
