“The whole world is watching!” That was one of the many chants kayaktivists screamed at authorities trying to break the #ShellNO blockade near the St. Johns bridge on Thursday. And they were right. As pointed out in the Merc‘s running coverage yesterday, it was all eyes on Portland.
And it was damn hot out there on the water. It’s gonna be another scorcher today, but not as hot as Iran, where the heat index was recorded at 154 degrees. Keep burning those fossil fuels, guys!
President Obama is the one who issued the permits for Shell to drill for more oil in the Arctic, but apparently he’s got a Clean Power Plan in his pocket.
Speaking of oil, probably a lot of the fruit you eat out of California was irrigated with oil field wastewater, and water authorities just gave the green light for it to keep happening for another 2-1/2 years. Mmmm mmm, yum!
Here’s where we talk about the stifling Portland heat wave. Hydrate, people!
The PDX Adult Soap Box Derby is just a couple weeks away, and it looks like organizers are planning an expansion of the 19-year-old event by adding a kid’s derby. Fun!
Portland’s affordable housing crisis is getting a tiny bit of relief, as city officials have approved a project that will deliver 203 affordable units to the South Waterfront.
Whoops! That Minnesota dentist who poached Cecil the much-loved lion? He’s maybe going to be extradited back to Zimbabwe.
Blue moon happening tonight, and it’s apparently not so rare as the ‘once in a blue moon’ saying would have us believe. This article is an interesting bit of information about the origins of the term.
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