Life often involves not getting what we want. Examples: the non-outcomes of the Copenhagen talks, the recent Supreme Court ruling on corporate spending for elections, and the torrential downpours that dominated my visit to Disneyland last Monday.
Sometimes, though, we do get what we want. Examples: Portland General Electric has announced it will shut down Boardman, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'coal plants'
Heat Wave: Slow Down II
July 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments · energy, health & well being
This is a revised reprint of a May 2008 post. Here in Portland, Oregon we’re having 100 degrees plus for days running, which for our mild climate is a major heat wave. How to cope with it? I suggest we do what people did for the 99.9% of human history prior to the invention of [...]
Tags: air conditioning·coal plants·heat wave·hydropower·Portland·swamp coolers
Capitol Climate Action A Success
March 4th, 2009 · No Comments · sustainability
The largest act of civil disobedience against climate change in U.S. history took place in the nation’s Capitol in frigid, snowy weather on March 2. More than 2,000 people marched, and many risked arrest by blocking all four entrances to the coal-fired Capitol Power Plant. Time magazine gave it serious coverage among other mainstream [...]
Tags: activism·climate change·coal·coal plants·global warming·social justice
Join Wendell Berry and Bill McKibben
December 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments · energy, sustainability
Today I am printing an urgent open letter from Wendell Berry and Bill McKibben, two of the nation’s most respected environmental writers and thinkers. I initially decided to join them in civil disobedience in Washington D.C. to address global warming, and my husband told me he’d support me. Then I realized that March 2 is [...]
Tags: Bill McKibben·civil disobedience·climate change·coal plants·environment·global warming·Little_Ricky·Wendell Berry
Heat Wave: Slow Down
May 16th, 2008 · 3 Comments · simplicity, sustainability
Here in Portland, Oregon we’re expecting 95 degrees today, which for our mild climate is a major heat wave. How to cope with it? I suggest we do what people did for the 99.9% of human history prior to the invention of air conditioners. They slowed their pace down so they wouldn’t overheat themselves. And [...]
Tags: 97215·AC·air conditioners·coal plants·energy conservation·global warming·green living·hydropower·off the grid·Opal Creek Ancient Forest·Portland·solar panels
