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War and Genocide During a Climate Crisis – WTF?

June 25, 2025 by Janet Weil

“WE OPENLY CHALLENGE OURSELVES AND THIS TOXIC SYSTEM –Leaving our comfort zones to take action for change.” Extinction Rebellion’s FourthPrinciple Overview. The global climate crisis is absolutely the WORST time for the United Statesto wage … Read more

Tags Climate, Climate Activism, military, veterans for peace, XRPDX

STOP TRIMET FROM RAISING FARES!

April 16, 2023April 8, 2023 by Diana Meisenhelter

Fares aren’t Fair!  On April 26 at 8:45 am, in Room 206 at 1120 SW 5th Avenue, TriMet is proposing a 12% increase in fares! Testify in person at the meeting or submit written testimony to boardtestimony@trimet.org by 5 pm … Read more

Tags Bus Riders Unite, Climate, Climate Change, Fares, OPAL, Ridership, Transit, TriMet

Book Review: Fighting in a World on Fire

April 6, 2023 by Tri Sanger

Fighting in a World on Fire is an adaptation, for a younger audience, of Andreas Malm’s How to Blow up a Pipeline by Jimmy and Llewyn Whipps. Fighting in a World on Fire is a … Read more

Tags Andreas Malm, Climate, Climate Doom, Climate Movement, Extinction Rebellion, Nonviolent, pipelines, Property Damage, Rebellions, Violence

Book Review: No Planet B

February 6, 2023 by Tri Sanger
Photo of hand holding a book: No Planet B.

No Planet B is an anthology of Teen Vogue articles centering climate. All are written by youth in the years 2016-19, with some additions by the editor, Lucy Diavolo, mid-COVID. They cover a wide array … Read more

Tags Climate, Climate Breakdown, Climate Crisis, Greta Thunberg, Lucy Diavolo, No Planet B, Teen Vogue, youth

What a Year!

December 8, 2022 by XRPDX
Two women holding banner that says "Zenith Energy Not Land Use Compatibleg

Again, we took the City Council to task for not creating or implementing policies to live up to their promises in the 2020 Climate Emergency Declaration. Again we assembled on a rainy June day, with art, music, speeches and determination, at the gates of Zenith.

Tags ANCE, Climate, Climate Emergency Declaration, Dirty Side Deal, LUCS, Portland Mercury, Rumble on the River, Scientist Rebellion, Scrub the Hub, Stoel Rives, youth, Zenith

Hey, Wyden: Defeat Manchin’s Dirty Side Deal 

November 29, 2022November 29, 2022 by Diana Meisenhelter

Given the huge giveaways to fossil fuels and false corporate climate solutions in the Inflation Reduction Act, we call upon Senator Wyden to pledge to vote NO and to help defeat the upcoming side deal

Tags American Petroleum Institute, Climate, Dirty Side Deal, Environmental Justice, Fossil Fuels, Inflation Reduction Act, Manchin, NEPA, Renewable Energy, Wyden

Report Back: Senators, Stop The Dirty Deal!

November 7, 2022September 14, 2022 by Syl Knauss

But our words will not be censored. Our voices will not be silenced. Keep calling: 202-224-3121, the Congressional Switchboard number works for your Congress Rep (Blumenauer or Bonamici) and for both Senators.

Tags Climate, Inflation Reduction Act, Manchin, Mountain Valley Pipeline, Schumer, Science, StopTheDirtySideDeal, Wyden

LTE: Climate workplan needs improvements

August 1, 2022 by Lynn Spitaleri Handlin
Small green banner with words "Extinction Rebellion The Time To Act Is Now"

his climate workplan must be improved before the actual vote on August 24. Then make it happen, with funding and cooperation.

Tags Carbon Emissions, City of Portland, Climate, Climate Emergency, Climate Workplan, Portland Bureau of Transportation, Portland Water Bureau, Trees

Book Review: A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety

March 5, 2022 by Tri Sanger

“if you need some help with feelings of grief, loss, and anxiety around the changing climate…”

Tags Book Review, Climate, Climate Anxiety, Climate Change, Extinction Rebellion, Regenerative Culture, Resilience

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