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Opinion | No coincidence that redlined areas are now heat islands

STREET SMART ECONOMICS | Efforts to confront racism should extend to the fight for climate justice Outrage over the recent police killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd has sparked ever larger street protests with participants demandin ...

30 Jun 2020 - Martin Hart-Lan...
U.S. military depends on fuel – and has the carbon footprint to prove it

COMMENTARY | As the largest greenhouse gas emitter in the world, America’s military must be reined in Climate change is happening, highlighted by dramatically shifting weather patterns and ever more deadly storms, floods, droughts and wildfires. And the e ...

14 Feb 2020 - Martin Hart-Lan...
Taxpayers prop up the biggest carbon culprit in Oregon: timber

Oregonians lose hundreds of millions of tax dollars a year subsidizing the forest industry. Enough, says John Talberth, of the Center for Sustainable Economy. The Center for Sustainable Economy is calling attention to how taxpayers subsidize one of the gr ...

18 Oct 2019 - Emily Green
What climate activism means to these teens

We talked to five teenagers at the forefront of Portland’s climate movement Youths around the world walked out of school on Friday, Sept. 20, demanding that their governments take bold and appropriate action to address the climate crisis. An estimated 4 m ...

27 Sep 2019 - Eric Elmore
New Bill McKibben book: A tough message, but a tougher reality

BOOK REVIEW | ‘Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?’ Bill McKibben Given the terrifying knowledge he possesses, it cannot be easy being Bill McKibben. McKibben writes in an indefatigable effort to alert us all to the ecocatastrophe already ...

27 Sep 2019 - Joe Martin
PHOTOS: Passion, fear, activism prevail at Portland Climate Strike

Thousands of students rally in the city to demand action on the global climate crisis Their message was loud and clear: The future of our planet requires action now. Thousands of students rallied in downtown Portland on Friday, Sept. 20, demanding that po ...

22 Sep 2019 - Eric Elmore
Inside the lives of activists: A photo essay

They all belong to Extinction Rebellion PDX, but to each of them, the fight for environmental justice is personal I am not an activist. I am not extreme. I am not radical. I am not one of “those” people. I am middle-of-the-road, logical, realistic. I am j ...

13 Sep 2019 - Eric Elmore
Urgent: Climate-driven migration demands local planning now

COMMENTARY | Portland is incapable of handling today’s homeless crisis; just imagine the future Cities, counties and states need a public planning process, including stakeholders, to mitigate the coming mass migration crisis. This is a challenge of chara ...

9 Aug 2019 - Dan Newth
For Australian scientist Tim Flannery, the climate crisis feels personal

The author of 2005’s ‘The Weather Makers’ reflects on his teenage years and what’s important to him now Scientist Tim Flannery was catapulted into the public eye in 2005 following the publication of “The Weather Makers.” Here, he looks back on his early l ...

5 Aug 2019 - Katherine Smyrk
Portland Clean Energy Fund takes bold action for climate justice

COMMENTARY | With naysayers undermining the environment, it’s critical that this measure is carried out as intended In the months since voters resoundingly passed the Portland Clean Energy Fund, the impacts and urgency of the climate crisis have only grow ...

12 Jul 2019 - E.D. Mondainé and Adriana Voss-Andreae