Activists in the Pacific Northwest have warned for years that communities of color and other marginalized groups are disproportionately impacted by the effects of climate change, and less well-positioned to take advantage of jobs and other benefits likely to result as the region s economy moves away from fossil fuels.
For evidence, look no further than the fire that ripped through Southern Oregon last September. People in the relatively affluent town of Ashland received faster and clearer warnings to evacuate than people in less-well-off neighboring towns Talent and Phoenix, say grassroots-organizing groups in the area.
It was only in Ashland, a wealthier area five miles down Interstate 5 from Talent, that residents were told to evacuate, activists said after the fire. Jackson County’s emergency alert system left out many communities, they said, including Talent, a community with mobile home parks and other low-income housing and a median household income of $40,400. Ashla
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The heavy wind woke Niria Garcia about 5 a.m. It whipped against her home, leaving her restless as she fitfully tried to get a little more sleep.
“Something doesn’t feel right,” Garcia thought to herself.
On that day last September, a devastating fire ripped through Southern Oregon, whipped by those very winds that woke Garcia, a Xicana climate activist based in Talent, a town of about 6,500 people. Three people would die and more than 2,800 homes and other buildings would be destroyed by the fire.
$4.5M grant to fund UO racial, climate justice institute
It’s called the Pacific Northwest Just Futures Institute for Racial and Climate Justice and will be housed at the UO’s Center for Environmental Futures.
Posted: Jan 19, 2021 6:29 PM
Updated: Jan 19, 2021 7:30 PM
Posted By: Kennedy Dendy
EUGENE, Ore. The University of Oregon has received its largest humanities grant in school history. That’s $4.52 million that will help tackle issues of racial and climate justice.
Across the campus, students said this is a step in the right direction, after the multiple issues that have sparked across the Pacific Northwest.
It’s called the Pacific Northwest Just Futures Institute for Racial and Climate Justice and will be housed at the UO’s Center for Environmental Futures.
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by Taylor Perse
The world is reaching the point of no return when it comes to climate change, and its effects hit locally as well as globally. Eugene is no exception. Though smaller than other municipalities in land size and population, Eugene still has the responsibility to take action on climate change and to do so quickly.
The city has taken some bureaucratic steps in creating climate change policy, but it has also been criticized in the past for being slow to take action. Local climate experts say the city can still make a monumental impact by leaving behind fossil fuels and natural gas and instead electrifying buildings and reworking the transportation system.