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New Natural Gas Power Plants!

Portland General Electric is proposing to build two new huge natural gas power plants at the Carty Generating Station to power the City of Portland!

We want the Public Utility Commission (PUC) to reject PGE’s proposal for more fossil fuel power and instead call on them to build more renewable energy like wind and solar!

Comments to the PUC are due May 12th, click here to submit!

Talking Points
- Carty gas-fired power plants would lock Oregon into decades of climate disruption at a time when solar and wind power are viable options and more affordable than ever.
- Future gas prices are highly unpredictable; wind and solar power eliminate the expense of fuel entirely. Building more gas-fired power plants is a risky proposition for PGE’s customers and shareholders.
- PGE has proposed a 20-year plan favoring gas-fired power plants, rejecting plans which rely almost exclusively on renewables like wind and solar even though independent analysis shows that investing in wind and solar is better for customers and better for workers.
- Portland has recently banned new fossil fuel infrastructure; building new infrastructure to power Oregon’s largest city doesn’t make sense.
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- If PGE’s proposed gas plants are built, the Carty generating station would be largest GHG emitter in Oregon after Boardman closes.
- Carty 2 & 3 would release about 2 million tons of CO2 annually - up to 7 million tons when upstream methane leakage is factored in.
- Overall, the Carty facility would consume 230 million cubic feet of natural gas - about ⅓ of Oregon’s daily gas consumption.
- We’ve nearly used up the global carbon budget. We can’t afford decades more of fossil fuels greenhouse gas pollution.
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I strongly urge you to deny PGE’s proposed energy plan because it favors building unnecessary gas-fired power plants, and fails to adequately evaluate renewable energy resources to replace the retiring Boardman coal plant. Building new gas-fired power plants would lock Oregon into decades of climate-disrupting fossil fuel energy and unpredictable gas prices - at a time when clean energy sources like wind and solar are more affordable than ever. This is a bad deal for PGE customers and a step backward for Oregon. Portland has just moved to stabilize the climate by banning new fossil fuel infrastructure, but PGE’s plan moves us farther away from meeting Oregon’s climate goals. Building new methane-burning power plants now simply doesn’t make sense - for PGE or the planet.
Please direct PGE to revise its plan by investing in clean energy sources like wind and solar instead of rushing ahead to commit Oregon to risky gas-fired power plants.

Sincerely,
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Hurricane Harvey and the Future of Oregon’s Rural Counties

September 6, 2017/in Climate Science, News /by Guest Author

The beginning of the year’s above average precipitation began in the Southeast corner of the state in some of its most rural counties

Flooding in Oregon in early 2017 damaged many rural roads. Hurricane Harvey is expected to do the same in Texas; dumping an additional 1-3 feet of rain in the days after 2.5 feet of rain had already fallen in the first three days of the storm. Harvey previews future flood-problems for Oregon’s rural roads, while also lending insight into how simple things such as simply being more careful with one another can save as many lives as rebuilding the physical infrastructure that connects us.

350PDX Pipe Dreams: Federal Agencies vie for fastest plan to end fossil fuel projects

August 31, 2017/in Pipe Dreams /by maya

As of August 18, 2017, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will no longer accept proposals for siting permits of fossil fuel projects. The decision comes two days after 20,000 people drove their cars into downtown Washington DC, filled their gasoline tanks with sugar and slashed their tires, effectively disabling them. The streets surrounding the National Mall and the White House were also blocked by dead cars. Read more

350PDX Pipe Dreams

August 31, 2017/in Announcements, Creative, Pipe Dreams /by maya

Pipe Dreams is a new project to write about the wildest, most far-reaching positive future scenarios we can imagine.

This is a challenge to pick up your pen and paper, or dust off your chunky home computer, and have some fun. What is the news article you want to read tomorrow morning that heralds the most unbelievably positive climate news? What headlines would make your heart sing with joy? What can you see while sitting on your back stoop–after all of our hard work in climate justice has paid off? Read more

Climate Activism News Roundup #6

August 25, 2017/in Activist News Roundup /by molly

After a brief hiatus, the Climate Activism News Roundup is back! We hope you’ll read on and explore the many ways activists around the globe are creatively tackling climate justice.