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  1. Indigenous protectors of a heating planet

    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

  2. Dr. StrangeWeather

    Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the ‘bomb’ train Is our weather getting funny?  Some bushes and flowers started to bloom near the end of January this year, and in the spring cherry blossoms were blooming weeks early. This capped a winter with ...

    30 Jun 2015 - Stephen Quirke

  3. Defending the Gorge against fossil fuels

    Pacific Northwest tribes hold their ground against the fossil fuel industry’s encroachment Two months ago, I wrote about the Port of Portland’s plan to build propane export facilities, investigated the problem of “bomb” trains and the blast zone around th ...

    16 Jun 2015 - Stephen Quirke

  4. Cultures, crude oil and the Columbia: Portland's plan for new fossil fuel operations

    What does Portland's plan for new fossil fuel operations mean for the Columbia River Gorge and beyond? In September, Mayor Charlie Hales announced that he had a new customer at the Port of Portland – the Pembina Corporation. Pembina, based in Canada, ...

    27 Mar 2015 - Stephen Quirke

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