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 Bridget O'Brien | Jul 14, 2020 | Climate Victories, Victories
Victory Halts Portland Fossil Fuel Development 2019 On December 18, 2019, the Portland City Council voted unanimously to re-adopt a city ordinance restricting fossil fuels. Portland’s Fossil Fuel Ordinance sharply restricts large new oil train terminals and other...
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...
by Maura Fahey | Jan 4, 2018 | Features, Fighting Fossil Fuels News
Today, the Oregon Court of Appeals reversed, in large part, a Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) decision that invalidated Portland’s landmark Fossil Fuel Terminal Zoning Amendments, passed unanimously in December 2016. The Court ruled that Portland did not violate the...
