Tag: Portland
First US City to ban fossil fuel expansion offers road map...
In Portland, Oregon, climate activists celebrate a win against Big Oil as city and state-level initiatives gain momentum across the country.
Top 10 states leading the renewable energy revolution
Clean energy growth was under way long before Trump's ascendance, and will continue long afterward.
Portland, Ore., becomes first major U.S. city to end all new...
To avoid doing business with socially irresponsible corporations, the city is willing to lose investment income – about $4.5 million a year.
CEOs now make 300 times more than their workers. This city...
Runaway CEO pay contributes to income inequality and ultimately harms companies, so local governments aren’t waiting for a federal fix.
Newborn dies after being born to homeless mother in freezing cold...
The baby's death highlights the tragic lives of Portland’s mentally ill homeless and the current shortage of affordable housing.
Woman freezes to death in parking garage after being evicted from...
Batts is the third homeless person to have died of exposure so far in 2017.
Eleven cities showing what bold climate action looks like
“The winning projects show that great progress is being made on every continent, and they serve as an inspiration to other cities.”
Historic CEO pay tax passes in Portland
The Oregon city has just adopted the first tax penalty on corporations with extreme gaps between their CEO and worker pay.
Portland Becomes 7th City to Sue Monsanto Over PCB Contamination
“If Monsanto gets its way, the American people will pay a high price for corporate greed and political corruption.”
In a Tiny House Village, Portland’s Homeless Find Dignity
As cities search for solutions to homelessness, Portland’s Dignity Village offers 60 men and women community and safety.
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Family sues fossil fuel giants for wrongful death in first climate disaster case of...
In a legal first, a Washington state woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against some of the world’s largest fossil fuel...
This campaign against deportation flights shows how to target companies enabling Trump
A multiracial crowd of all ages carrying witty signs and chanting: Their target was the commercial airline Avelo, which has proposed operating as an ICE subcontractor to carry out deportation flights.
Is Trump’s axis of the plutocrats marginalizing Israel?
President Trump managed to realign U.S. Middle Eastern policy to center on—and yes, it should be capitalized!—an Axis of the Plutocrats, Gulf sheikhs who are using their galactic fortunes to reshape the region.
22 young Americans sue Trump administration to block executive orders pushing fossil fuels over...
In Lighthiser v. Trump, the youth plaintiffs say the administration’s actions violate their constitutional rights to life, health and safety and breach congressional mandates to safeguard public health and ecosystems.
Elon Musk leaves Trump administration after gutting government services and dodging oversight
Musk’s chaotic 130-day tenure ends with lasting damage to federal agencies, threats to global aid, and deep conflicts of interest that watchdogs say will haunt public institutions for years.