The Commons: Brenna Bell w/350 PDX, Gil and Connor with Worker's Tap, Local News

Welcome back to The Commons, your Monday morning radio guide to news, culture, and local action.

Start your week informed with stories that matter to you and your neighbors—spotlighting people and events shaping Portland’s future environmentally, socially, and economically. With a focus on direct action, union organizing, and the thriving local arts scene, we’re here to help you play the cards in your hand and make a difference. Whether you’re tuning in for the news, the music, or the opportunity to act, The Commons is where Portland gathers.

Hana Francis hosts this show alone this week as Julia Moore takes a break to be in the woods. 

Guest Brenna Bell, the Forest Climate Manager at 350 PDX, comes to The Commons in the studio to chat about DRAX and the proposed woody biomass pellet production plant in Longview, Washington. 

For more information about 350 PDX, the projects that they are working on, and how you can support, you can go to 350pdx.org. 

For a positive climate future fiction book, you can check out Brenna's recommendation here. 

To learn more about biomass pellet production and its many evils, you can check out the half hour documentary, Burned: Are Trees the New Coal?