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
The deadline looms for public comment on changes to the National Environmental Protection Act People concerned about the environmental impact of resource extractions and other federal actions have until Monday, Aug. 12, to voice their concerns about a pro ...
9 Aug 2019 - Joanne Zuhl
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
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
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
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
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
Growing local tree canopies can mitigate climate change and make up for lost habitat. Here's how you can join the effort. Ethiopians planted 350 million trees in a single day this past July. Ireland has committed to planting 440 million trees over th ...
11 Oct 2019 - Emily Green
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
Her advice for young activists is to remain skeptical and to relish the small victories Carol Van Strum, 78, still lives in the forest she fought to protect. She moved with her family to Five Rivers in Oregon’s Siuslaw National Forest in the 1970s, and s ...
6 Dec 2019 - Emily Green