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Released by: U.S. PIRG Education Fund Release date: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 Global warming is the existential challenge of our time, threatening lives, livelihoods and the future of the planet. Wildfires, extreme storms and other impacts of global warming are already causing devastation around the world. Those impacts will only become more dramatic over time unless we move to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions immediately and dramatically. To prevent the worst impacts of global warming, the United States must achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. The Intergovernmental Panel on Cl...

Editorial: Mainstream Republicans, where are your voices? Updated Jan 24, 2021; Posted Jan 24, 2021 The Oregon Republican party's resolution condemning Republican representatives who voted to impeach the president leaned heavily on conjecture and conspiracy theories in arguing that Trump did not incite protesters. In this photo, protesters listen to Trump's speech outside the Oregon Capitol in Salem on Jan. 6. Dave Killen/The OregonianDave Killen/The Oregonian Facebook Share No matter where you fall on the political spectrum, Oregonians benefit from a strong Republican party. Even in a stat...

Federal regulators deliver potentially fatal blow to Jordan Cove LNG terminal and Pacific Connector pipeline Updated Jan 20, 2021; Posted Jan 19, 2021 A rendering of the proposed Jordan Cove LNG terminal in Coos Bay. (Courtesy of Jordan Cove) LC- Jordan Cove Energy ProjectLC- Jordan Cove Energy Project Facebook Share Federal energy regulators on Tuesday upheld the state of Oregon’s decision to deny a water quality certification for the proposed Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas export terminal in Coos Bay and its feeder pipeline, the Pacific Connector, another sign that the massive energy...

Massive fundraising for Red House family attracts supporters and critics OregonLive.com 12/20/2020 Ted Sickinger, oregonlive.com © Beth Nakamura /Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian/oregonlive.com/TNS A look at the area surrounding the red house, December 18, 2020. Ten years after the end of the financial crisis that forced nearly 4 million Americans into foreclosure, the Kinney family and the so-called Red House on Mississippi have become a flashpoint over the inequities facing Black families and people of color in inner North and Northeast Portland. On one side, thousands of p...

Strange blend of 'antifa' and government-denying 'sovereign' movement come together in fast-changing saga. In a year of the unusual for Portland, the saga of the Red House eviction blockade stands out. The Kinney family's refusal to leave their former house on North Mississippi two years after it no longer belonged to them drew together belief systems from opposite ends of the political spectrum and sparked a standoff that made national news. Perhaps the most unexpected part? The unusual melding of tactics and ideology appears to have won the day — so far, at least. On Sunday, city off...