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
Climate Emergency Declaration
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
The Day Scientists Got Arrested
ing in ever greater detail the catastrophe we face, if we are not willing to do anything about it?” Indeed. As a non-scientist, I would urge everyone who IS a scientist, of whatever branch of science, to focus your trained mind on the question that follows from the previous one. Scientists’ communications methods have been unsuccessful in effecting the changes that your research shows the need for – why not try collective direct action?
From Empty Words to Meaningful Action: Portland Must Live Up to Its Promises
As I write these words, a blanket of slushy snow lies on the ground outside my window. Just last week though, temperatures were in the upper 70s. A month ago, researchers at the Arctic Circle … Read more
Portland Clean Energy Fund (PCEF) Updates
XRPDX supports PCEF and will pressure the City not to concede to the demands of the business community.
Two Campaigns for ’22
After two months of reflection and research, XRPDX members, at our February 8th full chapter meeting, officially adopted two campaigns to focus on in 2022.
Portland Needs Cleaner Air, not Wider Freeways
How clean is the air above Portland, and how clean (or not) will it remain? Protecting air quality and blocking the widening of the I-5 freeway are two essential tasks for the City of Portland … Read more
Our Response to Progress on the Climate Emergency Declaration
Last year, on June 30, 2020, after hearing extensive testimony from Portlanders including Tri Sanger of XRPDX, the City Council voted unanimously to pass a Climate Emergency Declaration (CED).
Over a year later, the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability has produced the first annual report and asked for responses to it from the public. XRPDX was ready to go on that! Here is our testimony after reading and “digesting” the contents of the Report.
XRPDX’s “Testimony on Climate Emergency Progress Report”
Portland, Oregon, over the past year, has experienced the Climate Emergency in dramatic and tragic way, including heat dome deaths and unprecedented fire seasons. The City is at risk of continued catastrophes from expanded fossil fuel infrastructures and uncontrolled greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions rise.
Join Us for Action on Earth Day!
We will be bannering later today (April 22nd)at the Edith Wyatt Federal Building at 1220 SW 3rd Ave [map], from 4 to 5:30 pm. Mask up and show up to support the Extinction Rebellion petition … Read more