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.
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
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
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
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…
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
“…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?!”
When we harness the power of our communities, we ARE more powerful than Zenith and our climate chaos-causing status quo.
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.
December 2017: Zenith moves into the Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub in Portland, transporting crude oil, about 12 tank cars per day, under an expired air quality permit. Late 2018: Zenith is unloading up to 44 … Read more