Heady Writing From the Streets of Eugene, Oregon
Editor’s Note: Upon publication, a representative for Riverstone Mobile Home Park in Cottage Grove responded that, fortunately, no deaths occurred there. While we at DSM do not consider ourselves qualified enough to declare this...
On Sunday, Jan. 15, Senator Ron Wyden visited Lane County as part of his pledge to host town halls in every county in Oregon, every year he serves on the senate. He said this...
Oregonians are not exempt from the effects of extreme climate and we are not exempt from the consequences that both climate and social scientists began to sound the alarm on decades ago.
Since Sept. 11, the Cascadia Forest Defenders, an autonomous group of environmental activists, have been occupying a part of the Willamette National Forest in advance of a proposed timber sale by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
THE GATHERING After a brief hiatus, the presence of in-person activism is gaining momentum in Eugene once again. This includes actions by a climate-focused coalition leading a Fossil Free Eugene campaign. The coalition is...
Well, maybe they’d appreciate the gesture. Maybe they’d appreciate some non-threatening human contact.
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The letter–which is cosigned by groups such as the Eugene-Springfield NAACP, Sunrise Eugene, Cascadia Wildlands, and the Cascadia Action Network–calls on the city to both prohibit the installation of new natural gas hookups in Eugene and prevent future construction of fossil fuel infrastructure.
“I would not be at all likely to request that the University lobby in support of reform along the lines that you are suggesting.”
