Volunteer Spotlight: Virginia Tarango
April 29, 2019
After the 2016 presidential elections, Virginia felt the utter shock which took hold of many people in the United States on November 3rd. It immediately inspired her to activism. While she cares deeply about many causes such as reproductive rights,...
Legislative Update: Week 13
April 29, 2019
Learn more about the status of this year's legislative priorities!
Jordan Cove & Pacific Connector: A Summer for Organizing — Key State Decisions This Fall
April 29, 2019
Here’s a quick update on the regulatory and grassroots status of the fight against the deceptive fracked-gas export scheme on Oregon’s southern coast, the Jordan Cove Energy Project, and the 229-mile pipeline necessary to feed it, the Pacific...
No Room for Zenith in Portland!
April 25, 2019
Carrying crude oil extracted from the tar sands in Canada, hundreds of rail cars travel through several U.S. states, along the Columbia River Gorge, through densely populated urban areas en-route to the Portland rail yard. Zenith Energy, a Houston-...
Legislative Update: Week 11
April 12, 2019
We have just passed the halfway point of the 2019 legislative session, and this past Tuesday, April 9, marked the first real legislative deadline: bills that have not made it out of their committee of origin by that date are dead for the session....
From our Conservation Director: Oregon Sierra Club's Priority Campaigns
March 29, 2019
The Oregon Chapter of the Sierra Club recently completed an assessment of our organizational conservation priorities for 2019. We had 31 conversations with those partners and volunteer leaders around the state to help us shape our 2019 priority...
Legislative Update: Week 9
March 29, 2019
It’s hard to believe, but we’re already about nine weeks into the 2019 Oregon legislative session. The Oregon Sierra Club is tracking some 90 bills introduced this session, and in some cases actually moving them in the direction that we prefer! We...
Young Activists Say: BYOC Bend!
March 14, 2019
When did you start gaining awareness about environmental issues? When did you start to understand that climate change is a real threat happening right now? For Carrington Fasteln, senior at Bend High School, this came last October during her...
Legislative Update: Week 6
March 11, 2019
We are now about six weeks into the 2019 Oregon Legislature, and we’re watching and actively working on dozens of bills in state legislature already. Of course, for almost every progressive bill we’re fighting to pass, there is another bill waiting...
Inside Look: Portland Clean Energy Fund Signed into City Codes
March 6, 2019
Immediately upon entering the City Hall council chambers, it was different - different from any public hearing in Salem, different from the quiet chambers of the State Senate and House, different from the suits and high heels tapping against the...