Braided River Campaign
@braidedriverpdx.bsky.social
Advocating for a green, working waterfront with safe routes for children, cyclists, rollers, and walkers in Portland, OR. #justice #democracy #climate www.braidedrivercampaign.org
Thank @seachanger.bsky.social. This photo energizes us to start the work week tomorrow with some clarity and pizazz.
we caught full sun on Sauvie beach for a vit D infusion & barefoot sand walk. so many sandhill cranes calling and flying overhead! I really want to paddle this area!
December 8, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Thank @seachanger.bsky.social. This photo energizes us to start the work week tomorrow with some clarity and pizazz.
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Action Alert!
Join No More Freeways in demanding that the Oregon Transportation Commission vote to redirect Rose Quarter Freeway Expansion funding to serve ODOT's myriad other needs.
Testimony due by Tuesday - RT and help us spread the word!
www.nomorefreewayspdx.com/option3
Join No More Freeways in demanding that the Oregon Transportation Commission vote to redirect Rose Quarter Freeway Expansion funding to serve ODOT's myriad other needs.
Testimony due by Tuesday - RT and help us spread the word!
www.nomorefreewayspdx.com/option3
December 7, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Action Alert!
Join No More Freeways in demanding that the Oregon Transportation Commission vote to redirect Rose Quarter Freeway Expansion funding to serve ODOT's myriad other needs.
Testimony due by Tuesday - RT and help us spread the word!
www.nomorefreewayspdx.com/option3
Join No More Freeways in demanding that the Oregon Transportation Commission vote to redirect Rose Quarter Freeway Expansion funding to serve ODOT's myriad other needs.
Testimony due by Tuesday - RT and help us spread the word!
www.nomorefreewayspdx.com/option3
Love this connection between cycling and our river! 🍩🚴
Get Your Doughnut On, PDX!
Breakfast On The Bridges is early this month
Friday December 5
7ish to 9ish in the morning
Blumenauer, Flanders, Steel, Tilikum Bridges
@bonbpdx.bsky.social @shift2bikes.bsky.social
Breakfast On The Bridges is early this month
Friday December 5
7ish to 9ish in the morning
Blumenauer, Flanders, Steel, Tilikum Bridges
@bonbpdx.bsky.social @shift2bikes.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Love this connection between cycling and our river! 🍩🚴
Save the date! Dec. 16th! Stop Portland's Ticking Time Bombs, the 630 toxic fuel tanks in NW Portland on the Willamette River. We'll be there with many friends from @orsierraclub.bsky.social @sunrisepdx.bsky.social @350pdx.bsky.social @verdepdx.bsky.social & more.
December 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Save the date! Dec. 16th! Stop Portland's Ticking Time Bombs, the 630 toxic fuel tanks in NW Portland on the Willamette River. We'll be there with many friends from @orsierraclub.bsky.social @sunrisepdx.bsky.social @350pdx.bsky.social @verdepdx.bsky.social & more.
Protect Portland Workers from Industrial Disaster! Attend the next workshop for rank-And-file threatened by the fossil fuel industry. Zenith, Chevron, BP, etc.
November 27, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Protect Portland Workers from Industrial Disaster! Attend the next workshop for rank-And-file threatened by the fossil fuel industry. Zenith, Chevron, BP, etc.
Join us on Fri. Nov. 28th at Braided River Gallery at Lloyd Center for holiday crafting! Children are happily welcome!
November 27, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Join us on Fri. Nov. 28th at Braided River Gallery at Lloyd Center for holiday crafting! Children are happily welcome!
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A look at Portland's CEI Hub (excerpted from 350PDX's short Zenith film).
Get your party boots on and join us *December 16* at what will be one of our biggest Action Nights of the Year.
It's a party! It's a rally! It's a chance to testify!
More soon!
#Portland #PortlandOregon
Get your party boots on and join us *December 16* at what will be one of our biggest Action Nights of the Year.
It's a party! It's a rally! It's a chance to testify!
More soon!
#Portland #PortlandOregon
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
A look at Portland's CEI Hub (excerpted from 350PDX's short Zenith film).
Get your party boots on and join us *December 16* at what will be one of our biggest Action Nights of the Year.
It's a party! It's a rally! It's a chance to testify!
More soon!
#Portland #PortlandOregon
Get your party boots on and join us *December 16* at what will be one of our biggest Action Nights of the Year.
It's a party! It's a rally! It's a chance to testify!
More soon!
#Portland #PortlandOregon
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Sea otters living along the coastline of Canada’s British Columbia province are exposed — and absorb — forever chemicals, a new study shows.
Each of the 11 sea otters tested carried residues PFAS chemicals, with concentrations higher for those living near dense human populations or shipping lanes.
Each of the 11 sea otters tested carried residues PFAS chemicals, with concentrations higher for those living near dense human populations or shipping lanes.
‘Forever chemical’ contamination could undermine sea otters’ fragile recovery in Canada
Sea otters living along the coastline of Canada’s British Columbia province carry residues of “forever chemicals” in their bodies, according to a new study, and those living near dense human…
news.mongabay.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Sea otters living along the coastline of Canada’s British Columbia province are exposed — and absorb — forever chemicals, a new study shows.
Each of the 11 sea otters tested carried residues PFAS chemicals, with concentrations higher for those living near dense human populations or shipping lanes.
Each of the 11 sea otters tested carried residues PFAS chemicals, with concentrations higher for those living near dense human populations or shipping lanes.
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Attacking women's appearances to silence their voices is misogyny.
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Attacking women's appearances to silence their voices is misogyny.
Because the City of Portland and the Port are Potentially Responsible Parties, taxpayers help pay for a portion of the cleanup. Your water bill has a Superfund tax. The tribes are respected as autonomous governments. The City has an obligation to honor treaty rights and assure fish habitat.
November 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Because the City of Portland and the Port are Potentially Responsible Parties, taxpayers help pay for a portion of the cleanup. Your water bill has a Superfund tax. The tribes are respected as autonomous governments. The City has an obligation to honor treaty rights and assure fish habitat.
The Portland Harbor Superfund Cleanup will begin in 2026 and take over 13 years. Contractors can only work four months a year because of the fish window, but when they do, they will work night and day. Restoring endangered species habitat is an essential part of the cleanup.
November 22, 2025 at 5:58 AM
The Portland Harbor Superfund Cleanup will begin in 2026 and take over 13 years. Contractors can only work four months a year because of the fish window, but when they do, they will work night and day. Restoring endangered species habitat is an essential part of the cleanup.
In our river fairy tale, is the removal of century-old contamination a risk or a tale of restoration and renewal? The largest industries on the river fought against the cleanup because the Superfund Law requires the potential parties (polluters) to pay for their share of the cleanup. 🧵 1 of 5
November 22, 2025 at 4:38 AM
In our river fairy tale, is the removal of century-old contamination a risk or a tale of restoration and renewal? The largest industries on the river fought against the cleanup because the Superfund Law requires the potential parties (polluters) to pay for their share of the cleanup. 🧵 1 of 5
If this was a fairytale and the leading lady was the North Reach, what would the fairy tale be? I imagine this when the Portland Harbor Superfund clean-up is called a “constraint” in city documents. My mind wanders. I see our fair river as an abused and neglected lady in a tower. 🧵 1 of 4
November 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
If this was a fairytale and the leading lady was the North Reach, what would the fairy tale be? I imagine this when the Portland Harbor Superfund clean-up is called a “constraint” in city documents. My mind wanders. I see our fair river as an abused and neglected lady in a tower. 🧵 1 of 4
You can drive along Marine Dr and see earthen levees. You can pull into Heron Golf Course and read historic markers for Vanport. You can drive out to Kelly Point Park and try to find the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers. (Photo of Sarah Taylor, author of these posts)🧵 1 of 4
November 22, 2025 at 1:47 AM
You can drive along Marine Dr and see earthen levees. You can pull into Heron Golf Course and read historic markers for Vanport. You can drive out to Kelly Point Park and try to find the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers. (Photo of Sarah Taylor, author of these posts)🧵 1 of 4
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Save the Date for one of our biggest Action Nights of the year — December 16! 🎊
First we're going to party & rally, and then we'll testify about the Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub at the Planning Commission!
More info soon!
#Portland #PortlandOregon #PDX
First we're going to party & rally, and then we'll testify about the Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub at the Planning Commission!
More info soon!
#Portland #PortlandOregon #PDX
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Save the Date for one of our biggest Action Nights of the year — December 16! 🎊
First we're going to party & rally, and then we'll testify about the Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub at the Planning Commission!
More info soon!
#Portland #PortlandOregon #PDX
First we're going to party & rally, and then we'll testify about the Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub at the Planning Commission!
More info soon!
#Portland #PortlandOregon #PDX
The Portland Planning is considering environmental zones in the Columbia River Basin. The policy is called the Columbia Corridor & Industrial Lands policy aka CCIL. How much of the slough, the lakes, and the annexed neighborhoods should be protected from industry?
www.portland.gov/bps/planning...
www.portland.gov/bps/planning...
Natural resources and environmental overlay zones
The difference between conservation and protection overlays and how the overlays impact properties.
www.portland.gov
November 21, 2025 at 4:45 AM
The Portland Planning is considering environmental zones in the Columbia River Basin. The policy is called the Columbia Corridor & Industrial Lands policy aka CCIL. How much of the slough, the lakes, and the annexed neighborhoods should be protected from industry?
www.portland.gov/bps/planning...
www.portland.gov/bps/planning...
The Columbia River neighborhoods were slowly annexed by Portland for industrial development. The South Shore Annexation took place in 1981. The East Columbia Annexations began in the 1970s. The Columbia-Lombard Corridor Mobility Plan pours large trucks through St Johns & other neighborhoods.
November 21, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The Columbia River neighborhoods were slowly annexed by Portland for industrial development. The South Shore Annexation took place in 1981. The East Columbia Annexations began in the 1970s. The Columbia-Lombard Corridor Mobility Plan pours large trucks through St Johns & other neighborhoods.
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On Thursday, the 1803 Fund’s leaders confirmed it purchased a total of seven acres, including the former grain silos on the east bank of the Willamette River, along with other parcels in North and Northeast Portland.
Initiative to support Black Portlanders is investing $70M to redevelop waterfront, other properties
The 1803 Fund plans to turn parcels of land in North and Northeast Portland — including a prime waterfront location near the Moda Center — into neighborhoods supporting economic development in historically Black areas.
www.opb.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
On Thursday, the 1803 Fund’s leaders confirmed it purchased a total of seven acres, including the former grain silos on the east bank of the Willamette River, along with other parcels in North and Northeast Portland.
After the Vanport flood, land was set aside for recreation and wildlife. Delta Park, the Portland International Raceway, and the Blue Heron Golf Course stand where Vanport was built. The Columbia Slough winds through the area. The land once owned by Port of Portland became Kelly Point Park.
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 AM
After the Vanport flood, land was set aside for recreation and wildlife. Delta Park, the Portland International Raceway, and the Blue Heron Golf Course stand where Vanport was built. The Columbia Slough winds through the area. The land once owned by Port of Portland became Kelly Point Park.
Henry Kaiser, looking to build housing for people working in shipyards, chose the Columbia River Lowlands in 1942. It was called Vanport, not in Portland. Why? The federal government required wartime housing to be integrated and Portland would not allow it. (Remember exclusion laws and red lining.)
November 15, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Henry Kaiser, looking to build housing for people working in shipyards, chose the Columbia River Lowlands in 1942. It was called Vanport, not in Portland. Why? The federal government required wartime housing to be integrated and Portland would not allow it. (Remember exclusion laws and red lining.)
Hot off the presses: The CEI Hub Policy proposal for the Portland Planning Commission. efiles.portlandoregon.gov/recordhtml/1...
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ALT: a cat is reading a book titled `` the art of military strategy '' .
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November 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Hot off the presses: The CEI Hub Policy proposal for the Portland Planning Commission. efiles.portlandoregon.gov/recordhtml/1...
We're going to use every tool available to us to stop Zenith and Big Oil from destroying Portland: legal action, electoral action, administrative action, and grassroots action. Remember Zenith is the owner of the largest bulk fossil fuel terminal in the dangerous CEI Hub in NW Portland.
Advocates are celebrating a small win that makes a big difference in their lawsuit against the city after an appeals court ruled in their favor Thursday. A state land use board that understands complicated land use law better than the city's preferred Multnomah County court will hear their case.
Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Environmental Advocates in Zenith Energy Lawsuit
Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Environmental Advocates in Zenith Energy Lawsuit. Environmental advocates celebrated the procedural win, saying the Land Use Board of Appeals has a better grasp on comp...
www.portlandmercury.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
We're going to use every tool available to us to stop Zenith and Big Oil from destroying Portland: legal action, electoral action, administrative action, and grassroots action. Remember Zenith is the owner of the largest bulk fossil fuel terminal in the dangerous CEI Hub in NW Portland.
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Meet the flourishing coalition of community groups advocating for climate justice and equitable economic opportunities in Portland, Oregon.
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Meet the flourishing coalition of community groups advocating for climate justice and equitable economic opportunities in Portland, Oregon.
Sarah has been writing the Quick River Primer. I'm thinking about doing the 60 Second Superfund Series. Too much alliteration? - Marnie @marniemix.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Sarah has been writing the Quick River Primer. I'm thinking about doing the 60 Second Superfund Series. Too much alliteration? - Marnie @marniemix.bsky.social
After traveling 187 miles through Oregon; gathering water from creeks and rivers, the Willamette River provides the Columbia River with approximately 15% of its flow. The Columbia River’s last miles wind through a vast industrial complex. The final reunion is a whisper in our urban landscape.
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 AM
After traveling 187 miles through Oregon; gathering water from creeks and rivers, the Willamette River provides the Columbia River with approximately 15% of its flow. The Columbia River’s last miles wind through a vast industrial complex. The final reunion is a whisper in our urban landscape.