This Friday, February 13th at 11am in front of City Hall, we will be sending a Valentine’s Day message to the City Council: It’s time to #BreakUpWithZenith! We all know it’s time for Zenith’s oil … Read more
💞Break out your pink and red construction paper! 💞💞It’s Time to Make Valentines!💞 Since 2018, Zenith Energy’s Northwest Portland oil terminal has been unloading crude oil from trains, storing it in tanks and then sending it … Read more
From our friends at Breach Collective: On January 11, our allies at Willamette Riverkeeper and Columbia Riverkeeper filed a joint notice of intent to sue Zenith Energy over illegal and ongoing construction at its Portland … Read more
UNITE Oregon has been leading the way on pushing the City of Portland in their union negotiations with the police union that started this month. Please go to bit.ly/ppacontract and sign their petition with clear … Read more
There’s still time to testify for reduced greenhouse gas emissions and air toxins in Portland! The public comment period for the City of Portland’s “Clean Air, Healthy Climate” proposals ends this Friday, January 8th at … Read more
As part of our commitment to supporting XR’s Fourth Demand, many of us have been supporting the efforts to prevent an Afro-Indigenous family from losing their ancestral home of six decades: the Red House. It’s … Read more
I have been thinking about Portland’s proposed Carbon Shadow Tax, and I am concerned. I am concerned that we as a society continue placing flat monetary values on the health of our environment, and in … Read more
The business community is already pushing back but this may be one of the more substantial actions the City of Portland has considered taking on climate change to date and we must support them. Visit … Read more
The tsunami of money, stunts, bluster and coup threats known as the 2020 Elections is over. Finally! The climate crisis continues, along with other crises of ecological and human devastation, including a sharp uptick in … 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