Oregon Bracing for Climate Refugees

onOct 6, 2008 @ 09:06 PDT

Portland Metro Council President David Bragdon, says that mass migrations caused by climate change “the potential wild card” in the planning effort to ensure Oregon’s biggest city has the capacity to accommodate growth expected in the coming decades.

Droughts, wildfires, hurricanes and tornadoes all present risks in other parts of the U.S. and Oregon, which already accepts 20,000 migrant Californians a year, is worried about what happens if that population suddenly explodes with large numbers of refugees from other parts of the country .

By Richard Littlemore

Analysis

Danielle Smith Is Betraying Rural Alberta To Build Gas-Powered Data Centres

ByMitch Anderson

onApr 28, 2026 @ 10:35 PDT

The premier is tossing aside the constituents who voted for her to grant favours to tech and fossil fuel executives.

uk/Reform Donor Expands Fossil Fuel Portfolio to £300 Million

ByAdam Barnett

onApr 28, 2026 @ 08:49 PDT

Hedge fund owner and media boss Jeremy Hosking has increased his oil, gas and coal shares by more than half this year.

us/Event | The Trillion-Gallon Time Bomb: Inside the Oil Industry’s Wastewater Crisis

ByDeSmog

onApr 27, 2026 @ 10:42 PDT

Join us for an April 28 discussion on how failures to properly regulate oilfield wastewater disposal now threaten public health and the environment.

French PR Executive Behind Facebook Network Spreading Heat Pump Hate

ByCécile Marchand

onApr 23, 2026 @ 21:50 PDT

A string of inauthentic accounts compare clean heating technology to a “lawn mower that never stops” and depict installers as “environmental fraudsters” and “swindlers”.

Series: Holding the Advertising and Public Relations Industry Accountable for Greenwash and Climate Misinformation

Series: Advertising & PR Industry