What: Rumble on the River #29: Rigged for Ruin
Methane – An Accelerating Threat To Health & Climate
Date: March 24, 2026
Time: Doors and Info Tables at 5:30 p.m., Panel at 6:30 p.m.
Location: Portland Association of Teachers Office – 1345 NE 8th, Portland
Cost: Free!
For the past two decades communities in the Northwest have defeated fracked gas export terminals. Despite these successes,the “natural” gas industry continues to push their product. Come learn about methane’s many harms and alternatives toits use—such as thermal heat networks. Discussion will include environmental, climate and health impacts, the damage dealt to communities through fracking operations and the rampant greenwashing of this questionable energy source.
Panel:
Carra Sahler: Director Green Energy Institute, Lewis & Clark Law School
Danny Noonan: Climate, Energy & Labor Strategist, Breach Collective
Diana Meisenhelter: Environmental Justice Committee, NAACP and Action Team, Extinction Rebellion PDX
Melanie Plaut: Physician and Volunteer, Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
Samantha Hernandez: Healthy Climate Program Director, Oregon Physicians for Social Resonsibility
Moderator:
Lynn Handlin: Organizing member of Extinction Rebellion PDX and founding member of Cascadia Magical Activists
