by Megan Gleason | Oct 5, 2023 | Climate Victories, Fighting Fossil Fuels News, Victories
Major Victory for Local Climate Action Portland policy restricting fossil fuels upheld last updated October 5, 2023 Activists celebrating the passage of the landmark climate policy by the Portland City Council in 2016. Photo by Rick Rappaport. Victory! In a major win...
by Megan Gleason | Jun 15, 2023 | Climate, Communities, Fighting Fossil Fuels, Fighting Fossil Fuels News
Defending Portland’s policy restricting fossil fuels Activists celebrating the passage of the landmark climate policy by the Portland City Council in 2016. Photo by Rick Rappaport. June 27, 2023 | Today, Crag Managing Attorney Maura Fahey argued in front of the Oregon...
by Bella Klosterman | Aug 12, 2021 | Climate, Fighting Fossil Fuels
Supporting Portland’s Fossil Fuel Limitations On December 18, 2019, the Portland City Council voted unanimously to re-adopt a city ordinance restricting fossil fuels. Portland’s Fossil Fuel Ordinance prohibits new bulk fossil fuel terminal development and...
by Elliott Davis | Aug 2, 2018 | Features, The Way We Work
In this edition of The Way We Work, I interviewed Regna Merritt, the Healthy Climate Program Director at Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility. Oregon PSR works to protect human life from the gravest threats to health and survival by striving to end the nuclear...
by Elliott Davis | Jul 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
In December 2016, the City of Portland took a major step against the expansion of dirty fossil fuels and toward climate justice by unanimously adopting citywide restrictions on bulk fossil fuel infrastructure. The City amended its zoning code to restrict new fossil...
