Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
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It is among the most out of date major arenas. There's a reason a lot of major music acts skip Portland.
They'll figure out a way to fund this project eventually. Seems like if they could make it the most green-friendly arena on the planet, they could somehow justify the use of those funds. But that might make it more expensive.
Sounds like that plan is going nowhere from other council members. Going beyond climate related though, how about Portland not spend $600 million it doesn’t have to ‘maybe’ sway the new owner from moving the team. City financed stadiums are never worth the cost, especially given moda’s location. Dude can move them down to texas for their fourth team and they can be the Austin Anywhos if it’s gonna cost that much money to keep them.