Portland
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In the Trump era, all climate progress will be local
When the federal government is run by climate science deniers, it’s up to cities and states to lead.
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Exclusive: Chill out and drift away with a tune by Liz Vice
Watch the Portland-based artist perform "Enclosed by You" at the 2015 Pickathon festival.
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10 cities drearier than Seattle
As Seattlites know, dreariness isn't all about cloud cover.
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The tiny house fantasy is getting a teensy bit out of control
A Portland-based construction company is building luxury tiny houses, and they're anything but simple.
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This beer is literally made from piss
Pouring purified pee down your throat might seem, well, disgusting, but bear with us for a moment.
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Of course Portland wants you to bike to the airport
Cycling to PDX can even offset about 1 percent of your flight's carbon emissions.
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The last rider: Learning to win on a 100k bike ride
David from Eugene passes a decaying farmouse on the Verboort Populaire.Photo: Elly Blue“I think the rain is really good for us as cyclists,” said my friend Maria Schur. We were in her car, headed to the Verboort Populaire, an annual 100-kilometer (about 62-mile) bicycle ride west of Portland, Ore. “It’s good for character development. It’s […]
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Locavore-dom taken to the extreme — by bike
Photo: MetrofietsI stepped out onto my front porch one day this summer just in time to see my farmer pedaling down the street with a trailer full of tools. To an outsider, such a vision must seem like a sketch right out of Portlandia, the television show that spoofs my hometown’s supposedly eccentric ways. Here […]
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True confessions of a bicycle scofflaw
Photo: mad driversOkay, confession time: I’m one of “those” cyclists. You know, the ones who are giving us all a bad name, the ones who think we’re above the law, who regularly pass through stop signs without stopping — even without slowing down very much. I even ran a red light or two in my […]