• Posts Tagged ‘CRC’

    Bicycle Brigade Raid On Portland’s Worst Polluters

    by  • March 18, 2013 • Austerity, Columbia River Crossing, Hart, No Coal, Rebel Cities, Rebel Portland, Sustainable Cities, The Shaming Room • 18 Comments

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    March 18, 2013 • Portland, Oregon Today’s Tar Sands Blockade solidarity action consisted of some 60 cyclists touring the offices and headquarters of Portland’s worst polluters. While often lauded by the likes of the New York Times as being a bastion of sustainability and forward thinking green politics, Portland houses some of the most ecologically...

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    Tar Sands Blockade Solidarity — Call for Submissions

    by  • March 10, 2013 • Columbia River Crossing, No Coal, Rebel Cities, Rebel Portland, Sustainable Cities, The Shaming Room, Uncategorized • 0 Comments

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    In order to support our brothers and sisters fighting the good fight by blockading the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, Mismanaging Perception is making a call out for articles to highlight climate profiteers in Portland and greater Cascadia. Although the Tar Sands Blockade is aimed at stopping Keystone XL, there are a number...

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    If You Gaze For Long Into the CRC…

    by  • March 1, 2013 • Columbia River Crossing, Nicholas, The Shaming Room • 0 Comments

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    Last night, at the Waypost, the Oregon League of Conservation Voters held a forum called “Engaging priorities and engaging pints” to “break down the Oregon Conservation Networks priorities and other important issues in the 2013 legislature.”  It was a pretty standard affair with lots of policy talk except for two events that stood out....

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    UPDATED: I’m a Cyclist, Now Where’s My Damn Tax Break?

    by  • February 19, 2013 • Columbia River Crossing, Hart, Sustainable Cities, The Shaming Room • 2 Comments

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    Update at bottom. The list of bias and hostility that many motorists project towards the cycling community seems to never end.  If it weren’t bad enough that those who choose to commute via bicycle have to contend with risking our lives amid a sea of boat-sized SUVs, we also have to tolerate a tsunami...

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    A Brighter Future for Oregon: Ending the CRC

    by  • February 15, 2013 • Austerity, Columbia River Crossing, Lisa Marie, Rebel Cities, Rebel Portland, Sustainable Cities • 0 Comments

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    This article was originally published by Blue Oregon. Childhood asthma. In the era of Swine Flu, pandemics, and entire shows dedicated to outrageous medical oddities (an amoeba in his BRAIN?!), the concept of asthma seems so blasé. But to the kids who deal with it on a daily basis, often bravely and without complaint,...

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    February 11th CRC Public Hearing Recap

    by  • February 13, 2013 • Columbia River Crossing, Hart, Sustainable Cities • 1 Comment

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    This past Monday, February 11th, 2013 at Oregon’s state capitol building in Salem, a joint committee hearing over the proposed 12 lane mega-freeway expansion project known as the Columbia River Crossing overflowed two packed rooms.  People spilled out into the hallway and lobby where even more concerned citizens viewed video monitors for over five...

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    Charlie Hales: CRC Lobbyist

    by  • February 5, 2013 • Austerity, Columbia River Crossing, Hart, No Coal, Rebel Portland, The Shaming Room • 0 Comments

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    This article was originally published on Blue Oregon. Another week, another 180° change of policy coming out of the mayors office.  Like many Portlanders who supported Charlie Hales’ opponent in the election, I committed to giving Charlie the benefit of the doubt as he took office.  I was even excited when reports that his...

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    Shut Down the CRC/Bike Walk Vote Recap

    by  • February 4, 2013 • Columbia River Crossing, Hart, Rebel Cities, Rebel Portland, Sustainable Cities • 0 Comments

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    Last Friday night’s public event in opposition to the Columbia River Crossing saw some 150 to 200 concerned citizens show up to Cránk bike shop for an evening of food, drinks, and democracy hosted by Bike Walk Vote. Billed as ‘We Can Do Better: A Night of Information & Democratic Action to Stop the CRC’,...

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    Terminal Street Art: the CRC

    by  • January 29, 2013 • Columbia River Crossing, Michel, Rebel Cities • 0 Comments

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    Clusterfuck freeways don’t deserve artwork this lush, but thanks to Mismanaging Perception’s own Michel Losier, you’ll soon be able to send a postcard with this design to your state representative telling them to vote NO to funding the Columbia River Crossing freeway expansion.  We don’t need more 1950′s highway projects that will increase our...

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