BOOK REVIEW | 'I’m Right and You’re an Idiot: The Toxic State of Public Discourse and How to Clean it Up' by James Hoggan with Grania Litwin Gun control. Transgender rights. Black Lives Matter. The war on terrorism. There are many hot-button iss ...
25 Aug 2016 - Gayle Clemans
Some timber producers say it's time for a cultural shift in how we think about logging and forests' role in the ecosystem The way Peter Hayes explains it, every time the timber industry makes a change to the way it harvests America’s forests, it ...
18 Aug 2016 - Emily Green
Oregon's progressive U.S. senator is separating himself from the pack in the fight against global warming, housing crisis, political corruption U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley has made a big splash in his eight years in the Senate. One of the Senate’s most pr ...
3 Aug 2016 - Amanda Waldroupe
This is no time for hand-wringing, finger-pointing and resignation over the horse that left the stable. We have to get back in our saddle. Maybe, finally, 2016 might be the year Portland creates real progress for the environment. The year has certainly pr ...
16 Jun 2016 - SR editorial board
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
A conversation with the man who is preaching the gospel of saving the planet, curbing consumerism and ending the diabolical influence of corporate greed Ask almost anyone about Earth’s future and you’re likely to hear a litany of doom and gloom. It’s not ...
2 Jun 2016 - Stephen Quirke
COMMENTARY | Trade pact asks: How can we make the climate crisis worse? As much as anyone, Oregonians recognize the incredible challenge posed by climate change and the need to address it head on. It’s one reason our Congressional delegation should reject ...
24 Mar 2016 - M. Shannon
City Council should join other progressive cities in opposing environmentally destructive trade pact Portland is a national leader in addressing climate change. City Council passed a historic resolution to oppose new fossil fuel infrastructure last year, ...
24 Mar 2016 - SR editorial board
To meet greenhouse gas emissions goals for 2050, we’ll need to change our eating habits, researcher Zak Accuardi explains If you want to significantly reduce your carbon footprint, it might be time to rethink your diet. Agriculture is responsible for enor ...
3 Mar 2016 - Emily Green
Seattle’s Delta 5 was first to argue in U.S. court that civil disobedience was necessary to slow down climate change On Jan. 15, Snohomish County Judge Anthony E. Howard handed down sentences to five people who say our political system is rigged to destro ...
21 Jan 2016 - Stephen Quirke