Featured pieces from the XRPDX newsletter.
This speech was delivered at the Theodore Roosevelt Statue, South Park Blocks, Portland, Oregon I’m Janet Weil, representing the Portland local chapter of Extinction Rebellion.The first demand of the international Extinction Rebellion movement is: Tell … Read more
That the Government must tell the truth about the climate and wider ecological emergency, it must reverse all policies not in alignment with that position and must work alongside the media to communicate the urgency … Read more
Last week, XRPDX member Tri Sanger testified to the Portland City Council regarding the Climate Emergency Declaration. Here are their comments. My name is Tri Sanger and I’m testifying on behalf of Extinction Rebellion PDX. … Read more
On a day when the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis published its 500+ page Action Plan, political support for the widening of the I-5 freeway in Northeast Portland completely fell apart, and protesters … Read more
That the Portland City Council has voted unanimously (finally) for a climate emergency resolution is encouraging. The official recognition and declaration of our dire situation is a good place to start. But, will this turn … Read more
This is the fourth in a series about the 4 Demands of the Extinction Rebellion movement. We demand a just transition that prioritizes the most vulnerable people and indigenous sovereignty; establishes reparations and remediation led … Read more
Last week, we put out a call asking for people’s thoughts about what XRPDX should be doing during the George Floyd Uprising, a movement that’s in line with XR’s values and methods but appears to … Read more
Hey, it’s your faithful editor here. We’re currently in the middle of a transformative moment in history. What we’re seeing is not a series of protests, but an uprising, possibly a sea change, about systemic … Read more
This is the third in a series about the 4 Demands of the Extinction Rebellion movement. We do not trust our Government to make the bold, swift and long-term changes necessary to achieve these changes … Read more
Over the past few weeks, the people of the world have taken to the streets demanding justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, and so many other innocent Black people who have … Read more