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Advocates call on county for action against tar sands and crude oil by rail...
On May 23rd, organizers and health advocates testified before the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners in opposition to a new fossil fuel project in Portland: the Zenith Energy facility importing...
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An Unexpected Threat to Portland and Surrounding Region: Tar Sands by Rail
Athabascan tar sands in Canada. The industry hopes to excavate an area the size of Florida to access this highly polluting fossil fuel. Source: Creative Commons. The successful grassroots resistance to...
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Oregon public water providers asked to intervene to halt over 18,000 acres of...
Center for Sustainable Economy (CSE) and local watershed advocates have asked 28 public water system providers in rural Oregon to intervene to halt the planned clearcutting of over 18,000 acres in...
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Oregon climate bill leaves out Big Timber – the state’s largest polluter –...
Extractive industries have proven adept at generating record profits, then using those same profits to protect themselves from any responsibility for cleaning up the mess they leave behind. Oregon’s...
View ArticleBeyond Cap-and-Trade to Strong Climate Action
By Tom Housel* After a contentious 2019 legislative session, House Bill 2020 — Oregon’s cap-and-trade program — failed to pass the legislature because of a lack of Democratic votes in the Senate. For...
View ArticleReport Reveals Ties to Trump, Obama in Two Proposed Oregon Crude Oil Export...
A report released July 15 by Center for Sustainable Economy (CSE), “Crude Bailout: How Global Partners’ and Zenith Energy’s Oil Terminals Subvert Democracy, Endanger Human Life and Health, and Pollute...
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Community Stands Against Zenith at Portland City Council Public Forum, Risk...
On Monday, July 15, the City held a public forum on the Zenith tar sands oil terminal in response to months of sustained pressure from activists and community members. It was a watershed moment in...
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REPORT: The harmful climate impacts of industrial tree plantations in North...
Asheville, NC – A new report from the Center for Sustainable Economy and Dogwood Alliance puts a spotlight on North Carolina, and shows just how big of a climate catastrophe logging is in the state....
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September 2019 Newsletter
CSE’s Report Finds Timber Industry is #3 Polluter in North Carolina A new report, “Climate Impacts of Industrial Forest Practices in North Carolina,”released on September 10, 2019, by CSE in...
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City Rejects Pipeline Expansion at Zenith Tar Sands Oil Train Terminal In...
For more information, contact Nick Caleb at 541-891-6761 or Elijah Cetas at 503-789-2352 Portland, OR – The City of Portland rejected a request by Zenith Energy to build three new pipes connecting...
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Multnomah County Commissioners Take First Step in Requiring Fossil Fuel...
For more information, contact John Talberth: 510-384-5724 or jtalberth@sustainable-economy.org NuStar biofuel tank explosion in Crockett, CA, October 15, 2019. There are 31 similar NuStar tanks in...
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October 2019 Newsletter
Burning Trees Not “Clean” Energy in NC On September 27,2019, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper handed Center for Sustainable Economy (CSE) and our partners in North Carolina, the Dogwood Alliance, a...
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The Climate Movement Can’t Count on a Conservative Judiciary
Last week, a majority of judges on a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel dismissed the youth climate case Juliana v. United States. Though the youth plaintiffs and their attorneys impressively and...
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Protection vs. process: CSE’s take on Governor Kate Brown’s Oregon logging deal
On Monday, February 10th, 2020, Governor Kate Brown announced an agreement between environmental and timber industry organizations to stand down on further advocacy for six ballot measures (3 from both...
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Oregonians from Across State Urge Support of New Bill to Regulate Fossil...
Salem, OR — On February 11, 2020, Oregon House Democrats held a public hearing for House Bill 4105, a new measure to regulate fossil fuel projects on state lands and bring Oregon in-line with...
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To save our climate we need taller trees not taller wooden buildings
To many of us working at the intersection of forest conservation and climate stability recent opinions and news coverage of proposals to fill our cities with tall wooden buildings presents not a...
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Analysis of Governor Kate Brown’s Climate Change Executive Order, 20-04
A Positive Direction: Governor Kate Brown’s Executive Order (EO) is breaking with the carbon market-based approach of the past and is instead pursuing a declining cap on Oregon’s emissions on an...
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December 2019 Newsletter
The 7.6% Solution There is a new metric of success for climate activists: 7.6% reductions in greenhouse gas emissions per year. In a paper released in December 2019, the United Nations Environment...
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January 2020 Newsletter
The 7.6% Solution There is a new metric of success for climate activists: 7.6% reductions in greenhouse gas emissions per year. In a paper released in December 2019, the United Nations Environment...
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February 2020 Newsletter
Portland Declares Climate Emergency, Seeks Input on Plan On February 12, 2020, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler released a draft “Climate Emergency Declaration” for public review. This is the second...
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