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LTE: Climate Accountability, Courage, and Action

January 18, 2023 by Diana Meisenhelter

[The Oregonian published Diana Meisenhelter’s Letter to the Editor on January 15, 2023.] While I heartily agree with the January 8, 2023, Opinion page titled “2023 must be a year of courage and action,” I … Read more

Tags Accountability, Climate Activists, Climate Chaos, Climate Emergency, greenhouse gas emissions, Leadership

XRUS All-Member Gathering!

October 23, 2022 by XRPDX

By The XRUS Chapter Engagement and Support Working Group(Leah, Philip, and Ellen) The next few months and years are utterly crucial for mitigating the worst impacts of climate change. The United States, as one of the wealthiest nations … Read more

Tags Climate Justice, Extinction Rebellion, greenhouse gas emissions, Land Acknowledgement, XRUS

XRPDX Statement on WV v. EPA

July 1, 2022June 30, 2022 by XRPDX

On June 30, 2022, the Supreme Court ruled on the case West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency , 6 – 3, in favor of a lawsuit brought by fossil-fuel-producing states including coal-baron-controlled West Virginia that ensures that the … Read more

Tags coal, Demands, Emissions, Extinction Rebellion, greenhouse gas emissions, Protection, Supreme Court, WV v EPA

Heat Week Speech: Mere Remembrance Is Not Enough

June 29, 2022 by Diana Meisenhelter

This is the memorial commitment we must make when lives are senselessly lost especially where there could have been prevention. Mere remembrance is not enough. We must do something — we must act! 

Tags Climate Action, Climate Crisis, greenhouse gas emissions, Heat Dome, Heat Week, Holly Near, Hot and Bothered, Kent State, Memorial

The Heat Dome Inferno Monster Speaks!

June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 by Diana Meisenhelter

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

Tags City of Portland, Climate Emergency Declaration, Emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, Heat Dome, Heat Week, Indigenous solidarity, Zenith

Heat Week Action – June 27

June 22, 2022 by Diana Meisenhelter

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

Tags City of Portland, Climate Chaos, greenhouse gas emissions, Heat Dome, Heat Week, IPCC

Testimony at City of Portland Budget Hearing

May 16, 2022May 10, 2022 by XRPDX
Extinction Rebellion PDX banner that says: "Climate Emergency/ Tell the Truth"

The City has added funding for Bureau of Planning and Sustainability staffing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and involve the public in the climate policy process. This is a positive first step, but the scale … Read more

Tags Budget, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, Carbon Neutral, City of Portland, greenhouse gas emissions, IPCC

Testify to Stop Port Westward Refinery 

April 28, 2022April 25, 2022 by Diana Meisenhelter
Image of a port in the lower Columbia River

 At 1.15 million tons of carbon pollution each year, the proposed renewable diesel refinery would be one of Oregon’s largest emitters of greenhouse gas pollution, mostly from fracked gas used to make hydrogen.

Tags Department of Environmental Quality, Diesel, Global Partners, greenhouse gas emissions, Pollution, Port Westward, Refinery

Climate Justice and the Need for Peace

February 8, 2022 by XRPDX
Group in front of banner reading "Addicted to WAR"

War is the most destructive human activity, to people and planet. Every metric ton of CO2 emitted by the movement of military troops, weapons, equipment and vehicles around Europe adds to global greenhouse gas emissions.

Tags Climate Crisis, Climate Justice, greenhouse gas emissions, military-industrial complex, peace, war

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