LTE: Climate workplan needs improvements
his climate workplan must be improved before the actual vote on August 24. Then make it happen, with funding and cooperation.
City of Portland
Testimony on City Climate Action Workplan
For the sake of future generations and all the others we share this planet with you must do what your document starts with and act like we are living in a climate emergency, but really act, backed with big chunks of the budget, not teeny-tiny crumbs.
No New or Expanded Bulk Fossil Fuel Infrastructure: XRPDX Testimonies to City Council
On June 30, several XRPDX members, along with our allies in Breach Collective, Oregon PSR and others, testified via zoom to the City Council (minus Commissioner Hardesty) on the need to approve and implement the … Read more
The Heat Dome Inferno Monster Speaks!
Yep, as long as folks don’t get together and demand annual emission reductions then I’ve got it made in the shade, especially since this town is just filled with heat islands
No New Fossil Fuel Infrastructure in Portland!
We in XRPDX and our allies have fought for years against expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure. Finally, after years of appeals and delay by the Western States Petroleum Association, Portland Business Alliance, Oregon Business and … Read more
Finding Our Real Power: From Individual Choice to Collective Action
Compelling the City of Portland to create and enforce policies that will reduce emissions citywide will do more than several lifetimes of recycling bottles and cans. That’s why I got involved with Extinction Rebellion…
Heat Week Action – June 27
Last June during the Heat Dome, 96 lives were lost in Oregon due to the extreme heat. The City Council has still not taken specific steps to reduce Portland’s greenhouse gas emissions. The latest International … Read more
We Bloomed! Defiance, Art and Joy at Zenith
“…to the blasts of recorded “breaking news” about transforming the CEI Hub to a place of beauty, we showed first the “Doom” sides, then the “Bloom” sides. A visually powerful moment of transformation. As Patti called out details of Zenith’s ugly history of deception and expansion, we chanted our demand at each point on the timeline: “Why are they still here?!”
Adah Crandall’s Speech at Zenith
When we harness the power of our communities, we ARE more powerful than Zenith and our climate chaos-causing status quo.
“Zenith 5” Defendants Jan Zuckerman and Margaret Butler: Remarks at Zenith
If giant fossil fuel corporations using dozens of acres for their industry, providing few jobs, are not what we want on our river, then we must demand that the zoning laws change so we can begin the work of co-creating a green working waterfront that doesn’t kill us.