Even as climate change action grows increasingly urgent, the Columbia River corridor is poised to host more fossil fuel than ever Climate change advocacy is experiencing an unprecedented level of urgency nationwide, but on the lower Columbia River, critic ...
22 Mar 2019 - Stephen Quirke
Portland filmmaker Lindsey Grayzel talks about making her documentary, 'The Reluctant Radical' On Feb. 4, four people used bolt cutters and a cell phone to shut down two tar sands pipelines in Itasca County, Minnesota. In a signed statement rel ...
15 Feb 2019 - Stephen Quirke
COMMENTARY | A proposed ballot measure would fund local and equitable investments in renewable energy and efficiency by imposing a tax on large corporations In the coming weeks, a diverse coalition of grassroots organizations will put forward a unique bal ...
27 Oct 2017 - Stephen Quirke
Environmental activists turn to local organizing to fight corporate interests In the battle to protect the environment, activists are increasingly turning to a model of local organizing that mixes face-to-face democracy with the power to create law. Not e ...
26 May 2017 - Stephen Quirke
Municipal resistance is rising across the country as local communities try to preserve their environmental interests Two winters ago, the city of Portland made history. After years of work on climate resilience and efforts to lower the city’s carbon footp ...
5 Apr 2017 - Stephen Quirke
Concerned property owners in Coos County are pushing back after the blocked proposal resurges In the whirlwind of deregulation and corporate jubilance surrounding President Donald Trump, Canada-based Veresen Inc. hopes to find some new wind in its sails. ...
16 Mar 2017 - Stephen Quirke
A conversation with the man who is preaching the gospel of saving the planet, curbing consumerism and ending the diabolical influence of corporate greed Ask almost anyone about Earth’s future and you’re likely to hear a litany of doom and gloom. It’s not ...
2 Jun 2016 - Stephen Quirke
Seattle’s Delta 5 was first to argue in U.S. court that civil disobedience was necessary to slow down climate change On Jan. 15, Snohomish County Judge Anthony E. Howard handed down sentences to five people who say our political system is rigged to destro ...
21 Jan 2016 - Stephen Quirke
Native Americans are battling hate groups along with environmental degradation in their fight for the Columbia River Gorge When it comes to environmental destruction, Northwest tribes typically have the most to lose. It should come as no surprise, then, ...
20 Aug 2015 - Stephen Quirke