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We’re out of presidential terms to waste. -Bill McKibben, 350.org That’s 350 founder Bill McKibben ruminating on the ongoing crises we face – monster storms (Hurricane Laura), heat wav... Read more
Absolutely, pandemics and climate change are connected! And the evidence is strong. As the planet heats up, animals big and small head toward the poles to get out of the heat. During this mi... Read more
RACIAL JUSTICE IS CLIMATE JUSTICE Few people see the connection between climate justice and racial justice, but one cannot exist without the other. Before there is a successful transition to... Read more
Protect Portland’s Trees NOTE: The West End recently experienced three significant multiple mature tree cuttings. Due to this tree loss, a group of West Enders has worked closely with the Ci... Read more
A NEW NORMAL With attention focused on Covid-19, health threats posed by climate change remain unchanged and existential. By continuing to burn fossil fuels, coming decades could experience... Read more
With COVID19 increasingly threatening industrial food supply chains, we need to consider other options for feeding ourselves. The Victory Gardens of WW II come to mind. Consider: the U.S. ha... Read more
As the climate emergency intensifies, inaction costs us tens of billions of dollars annually. And current emissions are far beyond what the planet can bear to support life. So how do we… Mov... Read more
DEALING WITH CLIMATE ANGST AND ANGER The Doomsday clock just advanced to 100 seconds before midnight – the closest we have ever been to utter disaster. Helplessness is a common response to s... Read more
The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth super-highway on which we progress with great speed, but at the end lies disaster. The other fork in the road – the one “le... Read more
CLIMATE EMERGENCY! Perhaps the brightest idea of late is the city’s decision to declare a Climate Emergency and setting 2030 as the goal for net-zero emissions. It being a call to action… BR... Read more
