Legislative Update: Week 6
March 11, 2019
We are now about six weeks into the 2019 Oregon Legislature, and we’re watching and actively working on dozens of bills in state legislature already. Of course, for almost every progressive bill we’re fighting to pass, there is another bill waiting...
Inside Look: Portland Clean Energy Fund Signed into City Codes
March 6, 2019
Immediately upon entering the City Hall council chambers, it was different - different from any public hearing in Salem, different from the quiet chambers of the State Senate and House, different from the suits and high heels tapping against the...
Action Night: Stand Up to Oil Trains
February 28, 2019
On Feb. 27, Sierra Club hosted an Action Night to stand up against oil trains. Ryan Riffenhouse, from Friends of the Columbia Gorge, spoke in detail about the 2016 oil train tragedy in small town Mosier, OR and how oil companies continue to endanger...
Join our Team as a Volunteer Treasurer!
February 25, 2019
Are you looking for hands-on experience with the behind-the-scenes work of running a major non-profit? Are you computer savvy? Do you want to join the team of Oregon’s largest grassroots environmental organization? If so, the Oregon Sierra Club...
Policy Recommendations on Clean Energy Jobs Legislation
January 22, 2019
On January 22, the first day of the 2019 Legislative Session, Rhett Lawrence (the Oregon Sierra Club's Conservation Director) submitted a letter to Senate President Peter Courtney, Speaker of the House Tina Kotek, Senator Michael Dembrow,...
Instant Runoff Voting: Rethinking Oregon’s Voting System
October 3, 2018
*Part 2 of the Intern Insights series.* As a voter, I am constantly torn between wanting to support the candidates who I find the most inspiring and feeling like I will be wasting my vote if I do. It forces us to vote our fears, not our hopes.
It's Time to Put a Price on Carbon in Oregon
September 26, 2018
For many years, we have been working to fight climate change in our state and make polluters pay their fair share by putting a price on greenhouse gas emissions through the Clean Energy Jobs legislation. As we head into 2019, we know this is the...
On September 8th, we Rise!
August 24, 2018
Across Oregon and around the world, we will be Rising for Climate, Jobs, and Justice. Join us!
Join our Executive Committee - Applications Still Open!
August 23, 2018
Interested in volunteering your time and talent to help lead the Oregon Chapter? Share our vision for making the Sierra Club the premiere force for grassroots mobilization in our state?
The Chapter Executive Committee is still accepting candidate...
YouCAN Make a Difference! Kids who Care about Climate.
June 26, 2018
When the Trump administration pulled the United States out of the Paris Climate Agreement almost exactly a year ago, federal climate action came to a halt. But this doesn’t mean that every government in America has given up the fight; many states...