We don’t need to focus on every little solution; just a few that work, says energy policy expert Hal Harvey We should listen to Hal Harvey. Unless you’re a climate-policy buff, you’ve probably never heard of him, but he’s been effectively chipping away at ...
28 Dec 2018 - Emily Green
‘Drawdown’ lays out the top 80 solutions already underway Around the globe, people are cultivating food, harnessing energy and building communities using methods that have the combined potential to reverse global warming. Scaling up these methods would no ...
10 May 2017 - Emily Green
Michelle Romero wants Oregon to follow California’s lead: Price carbon emissions and put the revenue back into communities most affected by climate change Lawmakers in Salem are considering five different bills with the same goal of significantly reducing ...
9 Mar 2017 - Emily Green
The impending ‘mass direct action’ follows a global climate change campaign led by 350.org. Its founder, Bill McKibben, is coming to Portland to speak. On the evening of June 6, more than a hundred climate activists met at the First Unitarian Church in do ...
14 Jun 2016 - Emily Green
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