Sunday Program -
Portland Clean Air
Portland Clean Air uses the data from eight government agencies, monitoring equipment for airborne particulate and solvents, GIS mapping, and computer programming to identify the source of industrial air pollution. Our mostly volunteer effort works through citizen organizing to negotiate with the most dangerous smokestack emitters and unfiltered truck fleets in the Portland area. We work closely with 41 Portland Neighborhood Association boards, five churches, and other local groups. 3,081 Portland residents have donated money to this campaign. In this presentation with Humanists of Greater Portland we will review the Portland industries currently most dangerous to human health and what can be done abut them.
Greg Bourget works as the Executive Director and Lead Researcher for Portland Clean Air. He has a BA in Political science and has worked full time for sixteen environmental and social justice non-governmental organizations since 1991 including Bark, Mendocino and North Coast Environmental Centers, Earth First, Greenpeace, Portland Green Party, National Environmental Law Center, SANE-FREEZE, and ACORN.
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Programs are presented in four broad areas relevant to Humanism:
• Human Well-Being
• Science and Reason
• Secularism
• Humanities, Culture, and Morality
Sunday HGP programs: for the latest info, follow the link below to the main HGP website home page, find the "Next Speaker" announcement on the left; for past programs and future speakers and activities, click on the "Calendar" button, upper left of that page:
http://www.portlandhumanists.org/
