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June 26, 2009

Updated: Visit A Climate Action Plan Town Hall

Updated: 6/26/09

An additional town hall has been added:

Saturday, July 11 / 2:00-4:00 pm
David Douglas High School
1001 SE 135th

Original Post: 6/2/09

Climate Action Plan Town Halls

Join the conversation.

The City of Portland and Multnomah County have drafted a new action plan to lead our community forward in the charge against global warming. The draft 2009 Climate Action Plan is a strategy to decrease local carbon emissions 80 percent by 2050.

The plan identifies high-level goals and specific actions to be accomplished in the next three years to accelerate local efforts to address this issue.

Everything from high-level policy changes and expanded bicycle master plans to on-the-ground, every day practices like insulating our homes, walking to the grocery store and eating less red meat can mean a healthier planet, and healthier families, if we all pitch in.

Join your friends and neighbors to discuss the Climate Action Plan at one of the neighborhood Town Halls listed below. We need your help to shape this strategy.

Town Hall Schedule:

Downtown - business focused

Monday, June 15 / 5:30-7:30pm

SOUK

322 NW 6th Ave

Southeast

Saturday, June 20 / 1:00-3:00pm

Mt. Scott Community Center

5530 SE 72nd Ave

Southwest

Monday, June 22 / 6:30-8:30pm

Fulton Park Community Center

68 SW Miles Street

Northeast

Thursday, June 25 / 6:30-8:30pm

Dishman Community Center

77 NE Knott

Downtown/Central Westside

Monday, June 29 / 6:30-8:30pm

Lincoln HS Cafeteria

1600 SW Salmon St

North

Tuesday, July 7 / 6:30-8:30pm

University Park Community Center

9009 N Foss Ave

Posted by Chris Smith at 12:28 AM

Comments

June 2, 2009 10:38 PM
EngineerScotty Says:

I don't know what happened, but after this entry was posted, the sidebar appears to have vanished.

June 2, 2009 10:54 PM
Chris Smith Says:

That's what I get for posting other people's HTML.

Should be fixed.

June 3, 2009 8:02 AM
EngineerScotty Says:

Looks good now.

June 3, 2009 9:03 AM
Ron Swaren Says:

"Everything from high-level policy changes and expanded bicycle master plans to on-the-ground, every day practices like insulating our homes, walking to the grocery store and eating less red meat can mean a healthier planet, and healthier families, if we all pitch in."

Yeah, I do wish those Portlanders who live in those big, drafty house in the Heights or Northeast would conserve more on energy costs. It makes us all look bad, even if they do vote Democratic. I don't like to eat much red meat, but I do like milk. How do we get dairy cows to stop belching methane into the atmosphere? I know we are not as bad here as Wisconsin for example, but Tillamook County has got to be methane central in this state, at least.

Last but not least, please start buying American or we may have to close all the ocean shipping facilities. Did you see this report?

"REPORT: Pollution from 15 of world's biggest ships equal that of world's 760m cars

Says James Corbett, professor of marine policy at the University of Delaware: "Ship pollution affects the health of communities in coastal and inland regions around the world, yet pollution from ships remains one of the least regulated parts of our global transportation system." It sounds serious, but how bad could it be? Staggeringly, if a report by the UK's Guardian newspaper is to be believed. According to their story, just one of the world's largest container ships can emit about as much pollution as 50 million cars. Further, the 15 largest ships in the world emit as much nitrogen oxide and sulphur oxide as the world's 760 million cars.

The problem isn't necessarily with the ships' 109,000-horsepower engines that endlessly spin away 24 hours a day, 280 days a year. In fact, these powerplants are some of the most fuel efficient units in the world. The real issue lies with the heavy fuel oil the ships run on and the almost complete lack of regulations applied to the giant exhaust stacks of these container ships."

June 3, 2009 9:25 AM
Lenny Anderson Says:

With Sam signing off on the 12 lane CRC, I just can't get too excited about all this talk. I want to see the City "walk the talk" first.

June 3, 2009 9:33 AM
Grant Says:

Did you read the report Lenny? We're going to cancel the GHG created by the CRC by all becoming vegetarians.

June 4, 2009 4:52 AM
jimkarlock Says:

Hey guys!!

Quit feeling guilty about CO2, its all a big hoax designed to make Al Gore & his Wall Street buddies rich. Plus a venture capital firm that Al joined. And the carbon offset trading that his green mutual fund does.

Locally we have the head of Oregon’s global warming commission selling carbon offsets.

And it is quite likely that we have seen the end of warming for the next few decades.

See DebunkingClimate.com

Thanks
JK

June 4, 2009 6:53 AM
Douglas K. Says:

With Sam signing off on the 12 lane CRC,

Well, that would be one of those "high level policy changes" they mentioned -- get the City, County and Metro unified behind a smarter bridge. Decrease carbon emissions and save a huge pile of money in the process.

How do we get dairy cows to stop belching methane into the atmosphere?

Feed them fish oil. Okay, maybe that won't "stop" it, but every little bit helps.

June 4, 2009 8:43 AM
Bob R. Says:

This is not an existence-of-global-warming debate blog.

For a good science blog about climate change, visit http://www.realclimate.org, and interesting policy discussions can be found at http://www.climateprogress.org/.

Please take existence-of-global warming debates (or "intelligent design" debates, etc.) to other blogs set up to handle arguments outside the mainstream of science.

June 4, 2009 3:34 PM
jimkarlock Says:

[Moderator: Debate over moderator action removed. This is not a global-warming-existence debate blog. Similarly, blogs posting about public policy during WWII are not necessarily home for holocaust-revision arguments.]

June 4, 2009 4:00 PM
ws Says:

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June 4, 2009 4:39 PM
EngineerScotty Says:

Sometimes, I think this site could use a visit by the big Billy Goat Gruff.

June 4, 2009 5:26 PM
jimkarlock Says:

[Moderator: Debate over moderator action removed. This is not a global-warming-existence debate blog. Similarly, blogs posting about public policy regarding the teaching of biology aren't necessarily evolution-vs.-intelligent-design blogs.]

June 5, 2009 12:14 PM
Terry Parker Says:

Overall, the City of Portland and Multnomah County Draft Climate Action Plan is a massive social engineering document whereby local government is endeavoring to dictate the lifestyle, housing and transportation choices of the people. Adopting the plan as proposed throws out the democracy this country was founded on and turns Portland and Multnomah County into a socialist state where elected officials become totalitarian dictators utilizing fear to control life’s day to day activities. The plan also places handcuffs on the economy by only promoting specific types of jobs while ignoring how existing jobs will be eliminated. The biggest threat to the environment and sustainability is the over population of the human race. Yet the action plan aims to accommodate an increase in population growth rather than discouraging it. Implementing such a document will turn Pioneer Square into the likes of Tiananmen Square, eventually with an up rising and people standing their ground against the government and the consequences of socialism.

June 5, 2009 12:22 PM
Bob R. Says:

"where elected officials become totalitarian dictators"

"turn Pioneer Square into the likes of Tiananmen Square"

"eventually with an up rising"

Terry, drop the hyperbole. You're not even within two orders of magnitude near reality here.

Your one comment will stand, lest you cry totalitarian censorship, but no more junk beyond this point.

June 5, 2009 10:01 PM
Terry Parker Says:

[Moderator: Thorough and lengthy disagreement with moderator action removed. If you can't see why your comments were hyperbole, I can't help you. This is not your forum, you are free to post comments on your own web site. Moderator discretion utilized on this web site is NOT "stifling" of your viewpoint.]

June 6, 2009 12:50 PM
Terry Parker Says:

The climate action plan itself is mostly hyperbole!!!

June 6, 2009 1:34 PM
jimkarlock Says:

Bob R.:[Moderator: Debate over moderator action removed.
JK: How perfectly progressive of you - shutting down dissent.

Thanks
JK

[Moderator: Your own numerous web sites allow no dissent whatsoever. This is not your forum, JK, this is a moderated web site and you've more than had your turn. Your original missive was allowed to stand, but that's apparently not good enough for you.]

June 6, 2009 9:19 PM
joey Says:

[Moderator: Personally-directed remark removed.]

June 7, 2009 2:47 PM
jimkarlock Says:

[Moderator: Additional JK comment removed. JK, this is not your forum (scroll up, or look up any of the dozens of other times you've been told this). This is a moderated discussion, and you don't get to dominate a particular thread just because you disagree with assumptions made by this blog regarding a particular topic. Deal with it.]

June 8, 2009 1:30 PM
jimkarlock Says:

Is this on topic enough for you:

[Moderator: No. Off-topic distraction about various European election results removed.]

June 8, 2009 1:52 PM
EngineerScotty Says:

[Moderator: Reply to off-topic distraction removed.]

June 8, 2009 3:51 PM
jimkarlock Says:

[Moderator: Off-topic distraction removed.]

June 8, 2009 4:22 PM
EngineerScotty Says:

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June 8, 2009 4:43 PM
Jeff F Says:

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June 9, 2009 10:56 AM
jimkarlock Says:

[Moderator: Reiterated off-topic distraction removed, again.]

BTW, Bob, your contempt for free speech is really showing.

[Moderator: JK, your contempt for this forum has been obvious for years. Live with the actions taken here, or go somewhere else. Nobody is forcing you to comment here. "Free speech" has nothing to do with it. As mentioned before, you don't even allow comments on your many web sites.]

June 9, 2009 11:25 AM
EngineerScotty Says:

I expect this response to be deleted as off-topic, as it should be

[Moderator. Correct. :-) ]

June 9, 2009 8:55 PM
John E. Says:

[Moderator: Debate-over-global-warming-existance web sites and alternate links removed. This is not a debate-of-existence-of-global-warming blog.]

June 10, 2009 12:21 AM
John E. Says:

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June 10, 2009 12:56 AM
Douglas K. Says:

[Moderator: Response to John E's accidental typo of my original link removed.]

June 10, 2009 1:23 AM
jimkarlock Says:

[Moderator: Further debate over moderator action removed. This is not your blog, JK. Accept the actions or go away, or be banned.]

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