by Samantha Hernandez, CSE Climate Justice Intern Portland is well known for its countless green spaces all over the city. The abundance of public parks that populate Portland, including Forest Park, one of the largest … Read more
Author: Laura Feinstein and Eric de Place On July 8, 2020 at 5:45 am The fossil fuel industry operates with a tremendous amount of risk on its hands—risks that, unfortunately, often materialize and then fall … Read more
This week, Center for Sustainable Economy (CSE) and ten other watershed advocates filed protests with nineteen public water system managers across western Oregon asking them to use their legal authority and discretion to halt over … Read more
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
Dear friends, supporters and allies, These are unprecedented times. Our nation is mourning the more than 100,00 dead due to the COVID19 virus. Of those who have contracted the virus, recent studies show brown and Black … Read more
These are unprecedented times. Our nation is mourning the more than 100,00 dead due to the COVID19 virus. Of those who have contracted the virus, recent studies show brown and Black communities are most likely … Read more
A political strategy which CSE helped advance has put a snag in the plans of a major Koch Brothers ally, Richard Kayne, in expanding Global Partners’ crude oil storage capacity by 1 million barrels in … Read more
Since spring of 2019, CSE and our allies have been fighting Zenith Energy’s plans to bring crude oil by rail to a terminal in Portland, OR, in flagrant disregard for the City’s groundbreaking 2016 ordinance calling … Read more
In light of Governor Brown’s recent Executive Order 20-04, organizations across Oregon are asking whether our forest management bodies will take seriously their obligations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and make the landscape more resilient … Read more
Wanted: Big Green Ideas for Tough Times Author and social activist, Naomi Klein, writes: “Moments of shock are volatile. We either lose ground, get fleeced by elites, and pay the price for decades, or we … Read more