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  1. Local climate activists plan their response to oil train derailment

    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

  2. Bonnie McKinlay: Fighting for the planet

    The lifelong advocate talks climate change activism in this installment of Nothing More Hopeful Bonnie McKinlay arrives at my house a little out of breath, greets my dog, and apologizes for being late. She’s wearing a Norwegian wool sweater and a huge bac ...

    5 Jun 2015 - Alice Hardesty

  3. An inconvenient investment: Activists urge Mayor to divest from fossil fuels

    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

  4. Our corporate classrooms: Bill Bigelow on the dangers of standardized curriculums and fresh ideas

    Bill Bigelow is an educator and activist who taught social studies in the Portland Public Schools for more than 30 years. Though he has left the classroom as a full-time teacher, he is actively involved in the U.S. educational system through his work with ...

    21 May 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar

  5. Notable Quotables

    Highlights from a year of interviews “So, if we can reclaim the House in the election of 2014 and hold the Senate, then Harry Reid rolls back the filibuster, then we can get a lot done the last two years of the Obama presidency. That means we can’t sit ar ...

    14 Dec 2013 - Street Roots Staff

  6. Changing attitudes

    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

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