A Green New Deal for Portland
A Movement Education Course for Activists, Organizers, and Policy makers
Facilitator: Nick Caleb, J.D., LL.M. Climate and Energy Attorney, Breach Collective
Dates: April 24, May 1, 8, 15, 22, & 29 (2024)
Time: 5:30-7:30 PM PST.
Place: The Rebuilding Center, 3625 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR 97227
& Zoom (registration link)
& Discord Server (invite link)
Course Description: The Green New Deal is a huge, generational idea still waiting to find full expression in political spaces, policy, law, and collective action. We believe that a Green New Deal must be based on principles of racial, gender, worker, international, and intergenerational justice. The Green New Deal must also create new institutions that embody these principles, transform existing institutions that could still be useful, and transition away from those that are impediments to a just future. To that end, we have put together a free course to discuss the prospects of a Green New Deal for Portland, Oregon, and to empower Portland residents to shape the future of the city.
April 24 - Our Present Moment
Co-Facilitated by Richa Poudyal, freelance facilitator and climate justice practitioner - formerly affiliated with APANO and the Oregon Just Transition Alliance
Recommended Readings & Resources
Ajay Singh Chaudhary, We’re Not in This Together: There is no universal politics of climate change, The Baffler (April 2020). Link: https://tinyurl.com/3s9u7dnv
Marlene Cimons, The Making of the ‘Thin Green Line’, OPB (April 24, 2020). Link: https://to.pbs.org/3CTZrlg
Samuel Bazzi, et al., “Rugged individualism” and the collective (in)action during the COVID-19 pandemic, Journal of Public Economics (March 2021). Link: Bazzi, et al., Rugged individualism and collective (in)action during the COVI-19 pandemic.pdf
William Boyd, Who Will Own the Clean Energy Future?, Legal Planet (June 7, 2021). Link: https://tinyurl.com/3m72pp98
Michael J. Coren, The US oil industry is flailing despite a $10 billion pandemic lifeline, Quartz (Nov. 23, 2020). Link: https://tinyurl.com/59cua8d5
May 1 - Green New Deal Economics
Co-Facilitated by Mitch Green, PhD., energy economist
Recommended Readings & Resources
(Skim) Yeva Nersisyan & L. Randall Wray, How to Pay for the Green New Deal, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College (May 2019). Link: https://tinyurl.com/bdhkx3vy
Brett Christophers, We are taking a devastating risk with the green energy sector - one that might cost us our future, The Guardian (Feb. 27, 2024). Link: https://tinyurl.com/yc26jupe
Yakov Feygin & Nils Gilman, The Designer Economy, NOEMA (Jan. 19, 2023). Link: https://tinyurl.com/3u89uj92
Dr. Nancy Folbre, An Economist’s View on the Care Economy, U.S. Department of Labor Blog (Aug. 21, 2021). Link: https://tinyurl.com/5n8k75az
Kohei Saito, Degrowth as the Imperative in the Age of the Polycrisis, Georgetown University Global Dialogues (March 6, 2024). Link: https://tinyurl.com/3z9dhxk9
Alessio Terzi, Degrowth Is a Dead End, Project Syndicate (March 6, 2024). Link: https://tinyurl.com/yffscscc
May 8 - Green New Deal Policy - Pt. 1
Co-Facilitated by Sam Diaz, Executive Director of 1000 Friends of Oregon
Recommended Readings & Resources
Joan Fitzgerald, Funding Urban Climate Justice, Planetizen (June 7, 2022). Link: https://tinyurl.com/8uax3kuf
Nick Caleb, et al., Regulating Natural Gas in Oregon Buildings: A Guide for Local Governments, Green Energy Institute and Breach Collective (2023), p. 3-6. Link: https://tinyurl.com/4jfjb24b
Breach Collective letter to Portland City Charter Commission (Nov. 21, 2022). Link: Breach Letter to Portland Charter Commission (Nov. 21, 2022).pdf
Michael Gerrard, et al., Global Climate Change and U.S. Law (3d. ed. 2023), ch. 12. Link: Miachel Gerrard, et al., Global Climate Change and US Law (3d ed) ch. 12 (2023).pdf
Model Legislation, Green New Deal Network. Link: https://greennewdealnetwork.org/green-new-deal/model-legislation/
May 15 - Green New Deal Policy - Pt. 2 (remote only)
Recommended Readings & Resources
The Risks and Rewards of Portland’s Clean Energy Fund, CivicWell (July 22, 2022). Link: https://tinyurl.com/3ak938cj
Nadja Popovich and Brad Plumer, Can Portland Be a Climate Leader Without Reducing Driving?, New York Times (April 21, 2022). Link: https://tinyurl.com/44czwrpr
Gosia Wozniacka, Portland’s fuel terminal ban spurs suit by Montana, fuel industry groups, The Oregonian (Feb. 16, 2023). Link: https://tinyurl.com/yck2t4wa
Jeremiah Hayden, Land Use Board of Appeals upholds Portland’s right to limit fossil fuel storage, Street Roots (Oct. 26, 2023). Link: https://tinyurl.com/2tevwj9a
Nick Cunningham, Portland City Government Compromised with Oil Industry in Private, Documents Suggest, DeSmog (Aug. 23, 2023), Link: https://tinyurl.com/4abvypkr
May 22 - Organizing and Building Power
Co-Facilitated by Damon Motz-Storey, Executive Director of the Oregon Chapter of the Sierra Club
Recommended Readings & Resources
Emma Marris, Worried About the Climate? Join the Club – Literally, The New Republic (July 19, 2022). Link: https://bit.ly/3RnnbCl
Katie Myers, In 2023, organized labor became core to the climate movement, Grist (Dec. 20, 2023). Link: https://tinyurl.com/4c6y4hx3
Ramona DeNies, Who Killed Jordan Cove?, Portland Monthly (May 31, 2023). Link: https://tinyurl.com/3dkj8r5x
Lawrence Wang, In New York State, Socialists Have Won a Landmark Victory for Green Jobs and Clean Public Power, Jacobin (July 9, 2023). Link: https://tinyurl.com/5n6jwb68
May 29 - Into the Future
Co-Facilitated by Aaron Brown, Transportation Policy Director for Oregon Representative Khanh Pham
Recommended Readings & Resources
Ajay Singh Chaudhary, Sick and Tired, The Baffler (Jan. 16, 2024). Link: https://tinyurl.com/4vvv8sck
