Portland Advocacy Groups Sue Feds to Force a Closer Study of Pollution and Carbon From an Expanded I-5 in the Rose Quarter

The lawsuit says the feds rubber-stamped an incomplete and porous assessment last October.

The City of Portland Wants a New Carbon Tax. It Might Kill Bottle Recycling in Oregon to Get One.

If the Owens-Brockway glass plant closes, all of Oregon’s bottles would have to be shipped out of state—a prodigious use of diesel fuel—or thrown in landfills.

Inside the Company That Would Pay the Biggest Share of the City’s Carbon Tax

It’s the last steel sheet mill west of the Rockies.

Commuters Aren’t Commuting. Has COVID-19 Halted Climate Change?

This entire global disruption was just enough to get us to—maybe—hit our carbon targets for one year.

Gov. Kate Brown Issues Executive Order to Cap Carbon Emissions

The governor has directed multiple agencies to reduce carbon emissions.

What Bus Riders Want: We Hopped on the Most-Used Bus in Portland, to Ask How It Could Be Better.

Three days a week, Ivy Stamos rises at dawn and boards the most-used bus line in Portland.

Despite Their Concern Over Climate Change, Most Portlanders Aren’t Ready to Stop Widening Roads

The Disciples of Density Say Portland’s Carbon Emissions Are Decreasing, But I’m Skeptical. Are They Cooking the Data?

The Disciples of Density say Portland’s carbon emissions are decreasing, but I’m skeptical. Buildings are the biggest source of carbon emissions, yet our city just keeps approving more of these high-rise carbon bombs! Are they cooking the data?