Reclaim the Land
Building a Campaign to take on Portland’s Critical Energy Infrastructure hub In his 1963 speech, a “Message to the Grassroots,” the late Malcolm X famously declared that all revolution is based on land: “Land is … Read more
Advocacy
Advocates call on county for action against tar sands and crude oil by rail exports in Portland
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 oil trains of Canadian heavy … Read more
A simple message to Clean Energy Jobs Bill supporters: This is not a comprehensive climate solution
By John Talberth, Daphne Wysham, and Nick Caleb Climate change is one of the most daunting challenges humanity has ever faced and requires a commensurate policy response. A robust climate agenda would consist of a … Read more
Portland’s Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Restrictions Do Not Violate the US Constitution
Oregon Court of Appeals Reverses Lower Court’s Decision 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, … Read more
Victory: World Bank Announces It Will Stop Financing Oil and Gas in 2019
Children try to get a drink of clean water downstream from a World Bank-financed coal-fired power plant. The river is contaminated by fly-ash dumped in the river.[/caption] Twenty years ago, I founded the Sustainable Energy … Read more
Citizen Groups Vow to Keep Pushing For Fossil Fuel Policy in Portland Despite LUBA Decision
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Dan Serres, Columbia Riverkeeper, 503.890.2441, dan@columbiariverkeeper.org Micah Meskel, Audubon Society of Portland, 503.481.5715, mmeskel@audubonportland.org Nicholas Caleb, Center for Sustainable Economy, 541.891.6761, nick.caleb@sustainable-economy.org Regna Merritt, Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility, 971.235.7643, regna@oregonpsr.org … Read more
Following Portland’s Lead, Seattle Calls for No New Fossil Fuel Infrastructure
On June 12, 2017, the Seattle City Council unanimously passed a resolution for no new fossil fuel infrastructure, in both the city of Seattle and urged the state of Washington, home to the nation’s largest proposed oil train … Read more
CSE Hires Nicholas Caleb as Staff Attorney
For immediate release May 22, 2017 For more information, contact Nick Caleb: 541-891-6761; Daphne Wysham: 202-510-3541 The Center for Sustainable Economy (“CSE”) announced today that Nicholas Caleb has joined the organization as CSE’s Staff Attorney. Caleb … Read more
Feds Deny LNG Export Through Oregon – Developer Turns to Trump
by Ted Gleichman The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has conclusively rejected the only remaining US West Coast plan to ship liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Canada and the Rockies to Asia. On December 9, … Read more
This City Just Banned Virtually All New Dirty-Energy Infrastructure
On December 14, the city council in Portland, Oregon, voted unanimously to set “the first stone in a green wall across the West Coast,” in the words of Mayor Charlie Hales. He was referring to a … Read more