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New Portland Green Loop Concept Plan - Early Engagement Survey

survey.alchemer.com/s3/8379827/P...
July 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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A PBOT project awarded $38.4 million before Trump came into office is on pause because of his administration's irrational and infantile fear of equity

bikeportland.org/2025/07/11/c...
City of Portland: Broadway Main Street project on ice due to Trump budget bill
The safe streets liberals must be stopped!
bikeportland.org
July 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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We’re almost at 250,000 people signed up to attend 1,000 events in all 50 states. Please join us in the streets on Saturday: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=i...
March 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk are taking everything they can get their hands on — including our public lands — and daring the world to stop them.

It's time to fight back. We need every person we can get to take to the streets and rally in opposition on April 5.

REPOST TO SPREAD THE WORD! #HandsOff
Hands Off!
Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the…
handsoff2025.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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The EPA announced "that it would speed up the process by which industry can bypass provisions of the Clean Air Act and other rules designed to limit air pollution with a simple offer: email us for a presidential exemption."

If you flatter the president enough, you too can destroy the environment!
Want to avoid costly environmental regulations? Just email the EPA.
The EPA announced that it would speed up the process by which industry can bypass provisions of the Clean Air Act by emailing President Trump.
www.cbsnews.com
March 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Join a casual bike ride in Overlook this SUNDAY March 9! Meet 9:30am for coffee+pastries, depart 10:15am for the ride.

This is a family-friendly ride that will explore many little nooks of the Overlook neighborhood. Meets back at Stacks:) www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...
@shift2bikes.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Resistance rally in Portland OR
March 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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“As health secretary, Kennedy would wield enormous influence — overseeing agencies that steer public health, biomedical research, pharmaceuticals, health coverage for more than 160 million people, and other essential functions for the country's health care.”
January 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Brief, informative summary of last week's Portland City Council from @bikeportland.bsky.social

Learn more about how PDX is thinking about transportation, budget constraints, and e-bike laws. 🚲❤️
Lisa Caballero shares her impressions of the new Portland City Council’s most substantive discussion of PBOT to date
City Council reckons with infrastructure
An honest discussion about Portland's infrastructure backlog.
bikeportland.org
January 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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We’re LIVE with reactions to today’s Senate Finance Committee hearing on RFK Jr.

Thread ⬇️
January 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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#ShutItDown
☎️ Call your senators
January 29, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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Trump's extreme and illegal Project 2025 attempt to cut all federal programs is a constitutional crisis that would harm millions of people.

The Senate must stop conducting business as usual.

We're calling on senators to oppose ALL of Trump's nominees. #NoTrumpNominees
January 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Trump's extreme and illegal Project 2025 action to pause all federal grants will immediately harm millions of people.

We're not going to stand for it. Period.

Call your member of Congress at (202) 224-3121 and tell them to do everything in their power to stop this assault on our communities.
Alarm as Trump administration pauses all federal spending on grants and loans
Memo says social security and Medicare are excluded but congressional Democrats express ‘extreme alarm’
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Update: in email, KATU News Director says they’ll update story w credit and that reporter no longer works there. 👀
January 18, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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The EPA’s new Scientific Integrity policy is a huge step forward! By enhancing transparency, protecting science, and empowering employees, the EPA reaffirms its leadership in SI, setting a standard for the future! 🌎👏👏👏
EPA's Scientific Integrity Policy | US EPA
EPA's Scientific Integrity Policy provides a framework intended to ensure scientific integrity throughout EPA and promote scientific and ethical standards, communications with the public; use of peer ...
www.epa.gov
January 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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A new analysis commissioned by UCS shows the construction of two new fossil gas power plants would have substantial negative health consequences for Wisconsin.

Communities have been clear: the way forward is clean, affordable, and reliable renewable energy:
New Analysis Shows Public Health Impacts of Proposed Gas Plants in Wisconsin
A new analysis shows the construction of new fossil gas power plants would have substantial negative health consequences for Wisconsin.
blog.ucsusa.org
January 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Really proud BikeLoud Board member
@sarahmrisser.bsky.social who put a Memorial sign at every 2024 crash site.

Sarah photographed & wrote a journal weaving together traffic violence facts, the carnage of road fatalities, and sketches of the precious 74 people who died.
@familiesforsafestreets.org
January 16, 2025 at 11:51 PM
January 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Congestion pricing is officially underway in New York City!

Congestion pricing will reduce air pollution, cut gridlock, and fund critical upgrades to the subways and buses that millions of hard-working commuters rely on every day.

This is a big victory for not just New Yorkers, but all Americans.
NYC congestion pricing in effect as drivers face 1st workday commute with new tolls
Congestion pricing is now in effect in NYC, and drivers faced the first weekday commute with the controversial new tolling system.
www.cbsnews.com
January 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Did you know? You can report a vehicle parked in a bike lane. Here's how:

🚘Call 503-823-5195
🚘Wait ~20 seconds, hit 3
🚘You get transferred to Parking Enforcement. Immediately hit 1
🚘Listen to instructions, then say: Your Name & Phone #. Vehicle Make/Model/Color, Parking Violation, Address

Thanks!
January 6, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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🚨 BREAKING: President Biden has banned new offshore drilling in 625 million acres of U.S. waters, including the entire East Coast.

This is a huge victory that will help meet our climate goals and protect communities.

POTUS has now protected more lands and waters than any U.S. president in history.
Biden permanently bans offshore drilling in 625 million acres of ocean, making a Trump reversal difficult | CNN Business
President Joe Biden on Monday announced an executive action that will permanently ban future offshore oil and gas development in parts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in a way that could be especia...
www.cnn.com
January 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Even many Republicans in Congress who voted against the Biden-Harris Inflation Reduction Act can see how beneficial it has been to their districts and communities.

Trump can fight it all he wants but the clean energy economy is here to stay.
Trump Vowed to Kill Biden’s Climate Law. Republicans Say Not So Fast.
Billions of dollars and tens of thousands of jobs are at stake in red states.
www.wsj.com
November 30, 2024 at 3:45 PM
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Growing wine grapes under solar panels can increase yields by 60%.
That seems like the definition of unalloyed good news
www.pv-magazine.com/2024/11/29/a...
Agrivoltaics can increase grape yield by up to 60%
French agrivoltaics company Sun'Agri says that two of its facilities increased grape yields by 20% to 60% in 2024, compared to areas without solar panels. The PV modules helped regulate temperature fl...
www.pv-magazine.com
November 30, 2024 at 9:42 PM