Hurricane Helene dramatically illustrates how climate chaos is impacting us right now. Yet while there are real solutions that will enable us to stop emitting greenhouse gases, the fossil fuel industry continues to promote a menagerie of false solutions that do not actually address carbon reduction but allow the industry to continue business as usual. One the options that is receiving the most greenwashing is hydrogen, which is being promoted widely as a green energy source.
On this episode of Locus Focus we talk with Melanie Plaut, a retired OBGYN and member of Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility and 350PDX, about the wide and varied problems of relying on hydrogen as a climate solution.
Learn more about another false climate solution proposed for Port Westward near Clatskanie, Oregon and how you can get involved in helping to stop it. You can attend the next Rumble on the River webinar on NEXT Energy's proposed renewable diesel refinery, October 16, 2024 which will provide background information and tips on writing comments on DEG's draft Water Quality Permit.
Here's the link to the webinar.
Since late 2022, Rumble On The River has presented sixteen free community forums in neighborhoods throughout Portland. The Rumble focus has been the Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) Hub. Rumbles bring together expert voices to lay out the potential hazards of having 90% of Oregon’s fuel and a mix of toxics stored within Portland’s city limits on a seismic liquefaction zone. Other forum topics have included Columbia & Willamette River ecosystems, false climate solutions to climate disruption, transportation, urban forestry, shade equity, risk-bonding, nuclear energy and salmon restoration.
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