Environmental Protection

LWVPDX Testimony to the Portland Bureau Transportation advocating that the Portland Pedestrian Design Guide prioritize planting large trees to protect the health and well-being of all residents and combat rising temperatures in residential communities -April 2022

LWVPDX Testimony to the Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability and the Portland Bureau of Transportation expressing concerns about building an extension of the Portland Streetcar line on prime industrial land – March 2022

LWVPDX Testimony to Oregon Senate Committee on on Energy and Environment, in support of SB 1518 (Local Option to Adopt Reach Code) February 2022

LWV Memo to EPA on Superfund Modification Dec 2018

LWV Fossil Fuel Terminals Nov 2016

LWV Fossil Fuel Terminals Sept 2016

♦LWV Comments on Proposed Plan for the Portland Harbor Superfund Site Sept 2016

LWV Memo to City Council Portland Superfund Site Aug 2016

LWV Testimony Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Nov 2015

LWV Testimony Fossil Fuels/Climate Action Plan Nov 2015

Upcoming & Recent Events

Members of the League of Women Voters marched in the 2022 Grand Floral Parade on Saturday June 11. They were celebrating the 102nd anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting American women the right to vote in all elections. The year 2022 is also the 102nd anniversary of the League of Women Voters.

Panel Discussion on the International Climate Change Change Conference (COP26) with LWV members who were there! The presentation was on Wednesday, March 9. The video recording and a podcast of this event are now posted on the homepage of this website.

The videos of the Panel Discussions on the Portland Charter Review and on Immigration and Refugee Resettlement are now posted on our website here and here. We also have a 7-minute video about Teaching High School Civics with the Case Method made after our October event. It is posted here. We also have a podcast of the Charter Review program, a podcast of the Immigration program and a podcast of the Case Method program.

Read our Recent Testimony page for a short summary of our recent letter to Portland Police Chief Lovell and our testimony to the OR Senate Committee on Energy and the Environment.

In January and February 2022, Portland League members recommended activities and priorities for LWV in 2022-23. To read about the member-centered process of “Program Planning,” see our 2022 Program Planning page.

In the winter of 2022, the League is continuing to advocate with our new positions on Police Accountability and City Government. We are also applying our long-time positions on transparency, equality of opportunity, air quality, climate change, and voting rights to our work on issues before the Charter Review Commission, City Council, the Oregon Legislature and U.S. Congress.