Year: 2009
Tar Sands – The World’s Most Destructive Project
In the first quarter of 2009, with the world reeling from a global financial meltdown and entire nations declaring bankruptcy, the world’s largest oil companies (Big Oil) were reeling in some of their largest quarterly profits ever. The real irony is that while terms like “sub-prime mortgage” and “credit” crisis were being bandied about, this colossal collapse was being induced by the very same Big Oil and their hedge fund friends – in a rush to exploit one of the craziest debacles of our time – the Alberta Tar Sands.
The single largest industrial project in human history – the Alberta Tar Sands is likely to become the most destructive – if ongoing plans for investing hundreds of billions of dollars in their expansion continue. Continue reading
Pedalpalooza Ride Against the Columbia River Crossing, Sunday June 14th
Pedalpalooza has traditionally been a place for people to celebrate Portland’s thriving bike culture. Portland Rising Tide decided to celebrate this culture by hosting a ride to inform and empower folks to resist our region’s biggest threat to bicycles and the people that love them.
WHEN: Sunday June 14th
WHERE: meet at the South end of Peninsula Park (650 N. Ainsworth)
WHEN: 3pm, ride leave promptly at 3:30 pm
The Columbia River Crossing (CRC) is a $4+ billion dollar proposed freeway expansion project along a five mile stretch of Interstate 5 between North Portland and Vancouver, WA. As conceived, the project will:
· Increase global warming pollution
· Harm people’s health, predominately those in low income neighborhoods
· Undermine our region’s vision of a sustainable economy.
· Leave us unprepared for the future, while draining $4 billion of our limited public resources.
· Create a faster corridor for Free Trade to ship products from the exploited Global South to privileged countries such as the U.S. and Canada.
The ride will stop at a number of places that may be affected by the CRC to inform folks about related environmental justice issues, about how this project ties into the Global Free Trade infrastructure plans, and how we can stop it. All while dancin’ and groovin’ to fun music throughout the ride. The ride will end at a secret action, but don’t worry it will be a fun, low-risk space for the whole family.
Download a flyer!
https://risingtidenorthamerica.org/cascadia/Flyer.pdf
Download handbills!
https://risingtidenorthamerica.org/cascadia/Quartersheets.pdf
Cascadia Rising Tide
Cascadia Rising Tide is active in Eugene, Portland and Olympia, with contacts in British Columbia, California and elsewhere in the west. Our focuses include grassroots education and organizing resistance to Liquefied Natural Gas, the Columbia River Crossing highway expansion and forest destruction. We also work with local movements against giant hydro-electric dams and the sustainability movement. Please contact us at anytime at cascadia-AT-risingtidenorthamerica-DOT-org. You can also email Portland Rising Tide directly at portland-AT-risingtidenorthamerica-DOT-org.
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