April fools: City looks to climate change opportunities By George Itstroo, Now appearing nightly at Mary’s Portland City Council recently adopted an ordinance to study the effects of global warming to determine whether Portland should plan for a “resort l ...
13 Apr 2010 - Street Roots
Bill McKibben has pursued the truth about global warming for more than 25 years. It’s up to all of us to catch up. No matter where you live on the planet, you are most certainly noticing intense and changing weather patterns. There is much debate about wh ...
24 Sep 2013 - Suzanne Zalokar
On Nov. 3, James Hansen signed an open letter addressed to environmental organizations urging them to demonstrate “real concern about risks from climate damage by calling for the development and deployment of advanced nuclear energy.” Like Hansen and some ...
14 Dec 2013 - Robin Hahnel
Can we change? Can civilization mount an adequate response to human-caused global warming and climate change? Do we still have time? These questions sometimes lurk in the background and sometimes hit us in the face in “ Climate Changed,” a groundbreaking ...
3 Jun 2014 - Tom Watson
Ben Parzybok’s first novel, “ Couch ” rose from the primordial sludge of the slush pile at Small Beer Press in 2008. Next month, Parzybok’s second novel, “ Sherwood Nation ” will be released. He will be reading at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 16 at Powell’ ...
11 Sep 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar
Earlier this year the CEO of the world’s largest oil and gas company joined an anti-fracking lawsuit because of plans to erect a 160-foot water tower near his Texas home. Rex Tillerson of Exxon complained that the value of his property would be harmed. Th ...
4 Dec 2014 - Kevin Gopal
During a speech he delivered on World Environment Day 2013, Portland Mayor Charlie Hales urged the state to stop investing in fossil fuels. One month later, during a visit with environmental journalist Bill McKibben, he reaffirmed his commitment to steeri ...
6 Feb 2015 - Emily Green
Climate scientist Susan Kaspari talks about our black carbon footprint As snowpack levels hit record lows, and wildfire seasons hit record highs, a geological sciences professor in Washington is studying the connection between forest fires and accelerated ...
27 Feb 2015 - Emily Green
California has one year of water left and is in a drought cycle with no end in sight. Let that sink in. Climate change is happening, and the effects are already terrifying. The pace and intensity of change are only expected to increase the longer we wait ...
3 Apr 2015 - Nick Caleb
Climate-change expert Katharine Hayhoe, a scientist and a Christian, is on a mission to change the minds of faith-based climate change deniers Katharine Hayhoe never goes where she’s not invited, and when she accepts an invitation, she usually finds herse ...
19 Jun 2015 - Emily Green