RUMBLE ON THE RIVER Community Forum: “Renewable” Fuels: Climate Fix or Magical Thinking?

Free, All are welcome.

Doors & Info Tables Open: 5:30 pm; Panel Discussion Begins: 6:30 pm

Havurah’s Climate Action Team (HCAT) is hosting this event.

Just as it seemed that we were making real climate progress, the fossil fuel industry is sidetracking elected officials, regulators and business leaders with a rash of climate solution diversions. In the face of Zenith Energy’s plans to make Portland the West Coast center for so-called renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel, the panel will examine how renewable diesel is fraught with all kinds of problems and dangers—and actually may have a higher carbon footprint than petroleum-based fuels—and how renewable natural gas actually comes from methane produced by tortured animals in factory farms.

Panel:

Amy van Saun---Senior Attorney with Center for Food Safety, serves with Stand Up To Factory Farms

Jeremiah Hayden---Staff Reporter at Street Roots

Dan Serres–Advocacy Director with Columbia Riverkeeper

Barbara Bernstein—Host of KBOO Radio’s Locus Focus, Film Maker–most recent productions are “Once A Braided River” and “Chasing Chimeras–The Lure of Deceptive Climate Solutions”

Moderator: Dineen Crowe, Campaign Manager with 350PDX