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Scan this code with your smartphone to download a pdf of this Sustainable Life section THURS D AY, S EPTEMBER 18, 2014 • WWW.PORTLAND TRIBUNE.COM SOME LIK E deniers in GOP block solutions to IT HOT problem, even in or some environmentalists, mention climate change in the same breath as the Republican STORY BY Party and it conjures images of Nero fi ddling STEVE LAW Fwhile Rome burns. That’s not quite fair to Nero, because the fi ddle wasn’t invented until centuries later. And it’s not quite fair to Republicans, many of whom accept the role hu- mans play in global warming and want to do some- thing about it. But has become political gospel in many Republican Party circles, even in Oregon, raising doubts whether Congress or the Oregon Legislature can seriously address the biggest environmental challenge of our time.

Art Robinson, the chairman now running for Congress in Ore- gon’s 4th District, gained national prominence Oregon’s climate as a climate change denier circulating the “Or- change deniers egon Petition.” Robinson’s petition, signed by thousands of fellow scientists skeptical that the climate is warming, states that limiting green- house gases would harm the environment. The Cascade Policy Institute, a libertarian Portland think tank close to Tea Party forces in the GOP, argues that “alarmists have unjustifi - ably asserted that human-produced carbon di- oxide is the main cause for current global warming.” Oregon’s lone member of Congress, U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, R-Hood River, signed a pledge ART ROB INSON sponsored by Americans for Prosperity, a Tea Party group, vowing not to support any climate change bills bringing a net increase in govern- “… proposed limits ment revenue. That “allows us to have open Camas Davis on greenhouse gases and honest debate about whether we should act on climate,” the pledge states. B utcher spreads would harm the takes meat environment, hinder State Rep. Kim Thatcher, R-Keizer, also the advance of signed that pledge. collective idea science and “I guess you could say I’m skeptical,” says technology, and Thatcher, now running for the Oregon Senate. ‘ whole hog’ mantra to new stages damage the health “I don’t think that the curtailing of human ac- and welfare of tivity to the extent advocated by many in the mankind. There is no environmental community would impact future B y JENNIF ER ANDERSON convincing scientifi c global warming or , or whatever Pamplin Media Group evidence that human the trend may be.” Not too many people get to rub release of carbon Pressure on moderates dioxide, methane, or shoulders with Martha Stewart. State Sen. , a moderate Repub- Camas Davis had the distinct hon- other greenhouse lican from Dallas, says he was “crucifi ed” by or last year, during a red carpet event gasses is causing or his GOP colleagues last year for voting to fund for the DIY queen’s American Made will, in the a study of how a carbon tax might be imple- awards. foreseeable future, mented in Oregon without unduly harming “She was hilarious,” says Davis, cause catastrophic certain businesses and individuals. “They’ve who received the award for founding heating of the latched onto this thing,” Boquist says of the cli- the Portland Meat Collective, a travel- Earth’s atmosphere mate change deniers. “They have taken the po- ing butchery school. and disruption of the sition that there is no compromise whatsoev- “She told me how she grew up in a Earth’s climate.” er.” family of Polish butchers. They have — THE “ ” Salem insiders say some Republican legisla- the best way to slaughter a turkey: CIRCULATED B Y ART tors will say privately that human activity con- ‘We always feed them vodka fi rst.’ ” ROB INSON tributes to global warming and that govern- Davis, a Southwest Portland butch- ment action is needed to address it, but they er, has gotten her share of acclaim “The truth is that can’t say so publicly. and controversy lately as news of her the science of It’s tough to go against the GOP’s “core be- meat collective spreads nationally. climate change is far liefs” right now, says Portland pollster Tim Hib- In April, she appeared in a New SPECIAL TO PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP: JEF F REY B ALL from settled and bitts. “I think we’ve seen a lot of circumstances York Times photo holding a pig’s Camas Dav is stands behind a pig being butchered in a class at K itchenCru in there exists no where, fi ve years ago or 10 years ago, Republi- head on a silver platter, with the rest Portland. The class was offered by the Portland Meat Collectiv e, which she consensus on the cans who said climate change is a problem are of the pig’s parts laid nicely on the founded in 2 0 0 9 . causes, effects, or now backing away from that.” dinner table. future of climate The story detailed her campaign to eat a pig.” better meat in smaller quantities, and change.” Heads in the sand? promote nose-to-tail eating as a more Some couldn’t get past the photo, to know exactly where their meat — CASCADE POLICY State Rep. Dennis Richardson, R-Central sustainable way to eat meat — par- which clearly aimed for shock value. comes from. INSTITUTE W EB SITE Point, now running for governor, didn’t respond ticularly her teaching a class of high But Davis’ philosophy is not all that to interview requests for his views on climate school-age kids “the proper way to radical. She wants to get people to eat See MEAT / Page 2 change. Neither did Senate Republican Leader Ted Ferrioli, R-John Day, or Clackamas County Commissioner Tootie Smith, a Republican for- mer state lawmaker running for Congress in Oregon’s 5th District. The spokeswoman for House Republican Leader Mike McLane, R- Prineville, said he was unavailable to talk about the issue. Out of the way, SLOWPOKE! Political analysts say it’s hard to go up against constituents fed a steady diet of climate K IM THATCHER change denial and skepticism on Fox TV and Sharing the path talk radio. And Republicans worry about incit- “I think humans can ing billionaire GOP donors like Charles and Da- is tricky for bikers have an impact on vid Koch, leading Tea Party fi nanciers who things. I don’t think pumped huge sums into Monica Wehby’s U.S. it’s to the extent Senate campaign in Oregon. at different speeds where we could make “Clearly the oil and Koch money is defi nitely a big difference if we anti-climate and that is pouring into Oregon,” B y JOSEPH GALLIVAN implement all these says Multnomah County Commissioner Jules Pamplin Media Group policies that are Bailey, a Democrat who recently left his seat in being promoted.” the Oregon House of Representatives. But it’s Portland’s streets are becom- — STATE REP. KI M too simplistic to blame GOP positions on the ing so crowded with a such a THATCHER, R-KE IZE R Koch brothers’ money, Bailey says. variety of bicyclists — tourists, “I think it’s more of an issue of their constitu- messengers, pink-cheeked ents aren’t there yet,” he says. commuters, Spandexed semi- Lane Shetterly, a moderate Republican and pros, lollygagging space cadets, former Oregon House member, fears his party TED-listeners, texters and will lose support among young and indepen- talkers — that sharing the road dent voters who are alarmed by global warm- has become an art form. ing. The issue of the moment is how PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP: JAIME VALDEZ “I’m concerned that as long as the should bike riders deal with slower B icyclists on Portland’s North W illiams Av enue form an orderly line, much like car commuters. B ut sometimes W illiams and other bikeways get congested with people See HOT / Page 3 See B IK ES / Page 5 pedaling at different speeds, leading to confl icts, unsafe and discourteous behav ior. C2 SUSTAINABLE LIFE SustainableLife Pamplin Media Group Thursday, September 18, 2014 Meat: More sustainable if less is wasted ■ From page 1 Digging in to a new career The former food writer went to France to study butch- ■ pdxmeat.com ery in 2009, then returned to Portland, and started a meat tive has grown into a network collective to practice what of 50 to 100 farmers in Oregon she’d learned. The next year and Washington, and Davis she started offering classes to buys directly from about 10 of teach fellow butchers, chefs, them for her classes. In June, farmers and everyday folks the the collective launched Switch- art of whole-animal butchery. board, an alternative network There aren’t many butchery of trusted resources. People schools in the , can use it to fi nd out where to and if there are classes, they’re get a certain cut of meat or how likely to have started in the to start making their own ba- past fi ve years when the move- con. ment came into vogue. Nowadays Davis teaches and Is meat- eating sustainable? hires local butchers to help The meat collective is as teach basic pig butchery and much a mindset as it is a part- sausage-making classes, which nership with local farmers that sell out quickly. She hires a lo- takes the factory farm out of cal fishmonger to teach fish the equation. butchery, which is still catching It’s not about changing the on (a Sept. 29 class may still world, but moving the dial just have spots open). slightly. The Meat Collective move- “If 99 percent of what we eat ment she started fi ve years ago is factory farmed, what about has grown far beyond Portland: the 1 percent?” Davis says. “In- ■ Last May, Davis raised creasingly, models for feeding $30,000 in Kickstarter funds to the world with meat are being help spawn meat collectives in invented, and the education we other cities across the nation. offer leads us to less of a depen- She successfully did so in Seat- dence on the 99 percent.” tle and Olympia, Wash., as well Critics often point out that SPECIAL TO PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP: JEF F REY B ALL as El Dorado, Calif. Requests to eating meat is not sustainable Ethan B isagna instructs students on proper cuts he makes while butchering a pig, during an introduction to butchery class held by the Portland help start other local meat col- at all, with the carbon foot- Meat Collectiv e. lectives come in weekly from prints of the animals and hor- around the world. rifi c treatment of animals and us. We’d know how to use all ■ In April, Davis formed the methane gases emitted by the animal parts. We’d eat a lot nonprofi t Meat Collective Alli- grass-grazing cows. less meat. Demand would go ance, an umbrella group for all Davis doesn’t argue. “Eating down, and production would of the individual alliances. She meat as we currently do is not change.” just published an e-book about sustainable,” she agrees. “In a That said, Davis doesn’t think the work she’s done so far and perfect world, all of those pro- being vegan or vegetarian is the is working on a memoir. cesses would be visible and answer, having gone vegetarian ■ The Portland Meat Collec- transparent, and accessible to as a teenager in Eugene when all of her peers did it. But coming from a hunting and fishing family, she soon Sustainable grew suspicious of having what she calls a “puritanical view- point,” and ate meat again — B isagna, owner Lifestyles just more consciously. of the She started her activism in F eastworks deli high school, calling for better in Portland’s Listen to, “Pet Nutrition & News with Chip Sammons” Sellwood every Saturday morning from 8 - 9 on KPAM 860 AM. conditions for migrant farm- workers in Woodburn. neighborhood, She went to Antioch Univer- makes a point sity in Ohio and dropped out with his twice, getting “frustrated by the butcher’s knife. activist rhetoric that got old af- SPECIAL TO PAMPLIN ter a while. I was action-orient- MEDIA GROUP: “Th e Health Food Store For Pets” ed and wanted to do something, JEF F REY B ALL 15599 SE 82nd Drive, Clackamas @ I-205 & Hwy 212 • 503-656-5342 rather than read about it.” farmers and butchers, the faint of heart. 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422566.041813 SL earned a master’s degree in “Rethinking our agricultural cut the primals into cookable toss it in a Korean marinade performance studies from New system in a way that utilizes cuts like ribs, tenderloins, ham and barbecue it. She also York University. animals is important when roasts, chops and coppas. Stu- makes lots of confi t to toss with After eight years in New thinking about sustainability,” dents get tips on how to cook pasta, and boils the bones for York, she returned to Portland she says. “I believe we have to and cure the cuts of meat, soups, sauces and stocks. THINK CLEARLY in 2006, and after years as a include (animals) in our agri- which will come in handy since She eats meat, just not the food writer and editor, started cultural system, and if we do they’ll each take home 25 to 30 Americanized way. asking deeper questions about that it means we may be eating pounds of it. “A rib eye is not the least bit where the food came from. them at some point.” Inevitably, Davis ends up interesting to me,” she says. Drug residues and She went whole hog, quite Davis just announced her fall with a lot of interesting bits of “There’s not a lot of fl avor or literally — spending a summer class lineup, which will be rabbit, duck and pig parts at texture. I’m not a fan of a large other toxins in Southwest France with taught at the new Elder Hall home, which her husband lov- hunk of meat.” ... dull your thinking American cooking teacher space in Northeast Portland. ingly wraps for her in butcher Kate Hill and a family of pig The classes aren’t for the paper. On Twitter: @jenmomanderson ... dim your awareness ... and destroy your life. Get rid of them! Buy and read Clear Body Clear Mind by international Using whole animal lowers food costs bestselling author L. Ron Hubbard, and discover the One of her mentors — a king- process. Instead, they invested “It’s a constant education” world’s most effective and Davis mentor made pin of the farm-to-table move- in staff to understand the for his staff and customers, Sap- all-natural detoxifi cation ment — is Adam Sappington, butchery process and how to pington says. “We only have a program that leaves you his mark at former chef/owner of Country Cat res- control the quality of the meat. certain amount of steak each feeling cleaner, healthier, Wildwood restaurant taurant in Southeast Portland. Wildwood forged relation- week. Some are like, ‘Why don’t more alive and more alert! Sappington started experi- ships with local ranchers and, you have more rib eye?’ I get 10 Get your life back today! B y JENNIF ER ANDERSON menting with whole-animal ultimately, transformed the to 12 per week and then they’re Pamplin Media Group butchery in 1999 while execu- way people think about the food gone.” Only tive chef at the iconic Wildwood they eat. Some get it; others don’t. $20 Camas Davis is part of a restaurant, which closed this At Country Cat, Sappington’s But Sappington, who taught Call 503-228-0116 now to order or send check to fast-growing community of year. restaurant of seven years, each Portland Meat Collective class-

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HALES PLAYS BALL — SEE SPORTS, B8 BIG MAN, little playing time PortlandTribune — SEE SPORTS, B8                    THURSDAY Food cart culture digs in,Portland Tribune           grows up, has a few drinks                 URSDAY HOME DELIVERY- ■ By JENNIFER ANDERSON Not The Tribune approved the restrictions as per-Bike longer “People are now opening manent rules last Friday, fo r the seen as A couple of years ago, Port- food carts with the first time differentiating fo land’s food carts — beloved od just a fad, intention of it being a fi rst carts from other outdoor areas by hipsters, downtownbusi- like patios and sidewalk seating.envoy ness people, neighborhoo customers d step in being a brand.” The rules limit customers to folks and tourists alike — no more than two drink of- — Steven Shomler s at a relish new fered strictly PG fare. time (16 ounces of beer or cider, Now, they’re all grown up. 6 ounces of wine, or 2 o gears up options Nearly a third of the city’s unces of Thanks to a set of OLCC distilled spirits); except ot allow COMING TO A food cart pods now serve beer, re- strictions on the license two people to share a standar wine or cocktails. s, the d infusion of alcohol hasn’t h 750-ml bottle of wine, and three Brett Burmeister waits to dig into his burger at Cartlandia, the 30-foodTRIBUNE PHOTO: cart JONATHANpod on HOUSE Thirteen of the 36 food ad people to share a 64-ounce pitch-for fun cart Southeast 82nd Avenue that was the fi rst in the city to get a liquor license. Now a dozen pods citywide have in the past any ill effect on the industry. “We haven’t seen any pu er of beer. others have followed suit. two years sought and received blic- safety impact at these busine “No minors” signs must be liquor licenses from the Oregon ss- posted, and there’s no dr Film festival, other Liquor Control Comm es,” says Christie Scott,an OLCC inking ission. spokeswoman. The OLCC boa events lighten up rd See FOOD CARTS / Page 14 ■ Crime is down just about everywhere. Fear is on the rise. Details at 11city’s bike culture By JENNIFER ANDERSON The Tribune

There used to be a time when cyclists in Portland MAILBOX NEAR YOU! would whoop and holler dur- ing videos of other cyclists Yikes! blowing past stop signs, weaving in and out of “I feel like traffi c and we’re disobeying   the rules of capturing the road. an Not any- more, says important Ayleen Crotty,   time in bike a self-pro- claimed “bike FOR RAPE VICTIMS history in culturalist” Portland who’s pro- – and the duced dozens  of bike-themed U.S.” events, rides Susan Lehman, a — Ayleen Crotty and festivals A LIGHT IN DARKNESS Portland Police Bureau in Portland advocate for sex assault    since 2002. victims, talks with a “We don’t do that here,” ■ former homeless woman Crotty says. “We share the Police Bureau advocate Susan Lehman helps sex who has been victimized STORY BY road. It’s actually how we’re several times on the PETER KORN living, staying alive, getting streets. Getting your Portland news is easier than you think. around to our friends’ houses, assault victims recover from crisis school and work. Nowadays we don’t have that in Portland, and we don’t need it.” That’s not to say that the here are days, more than a few, Homeless, mentally bike-obsessed in Portland take when Susan Lehman feels, if not their cycling too seriously. torn, at least tugged by the pos- Story by Peter Korn To the contrary, 38-year-old T sibility of what could be done. Photos by Jaime Valdez TUESDAY EDITION Crotty, who lives in Woodlawn, Lehman works as a Portland Police Bu ill most vulnerable has made it her mission to reau sex abuse victim advocate. Her job- make Portland’s bike culture as is to help women who have been raped. “I have thought to myself, I would to get this bad guy off the st t ” like For many women on street rape Subscribe today and get your Tuesday and Thursday fun and quirk On th j b h L Portland Tribune mailed* to you each week! THURSDAY EDITION

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There are SCIENCE AND 1 6 OTHER SCIENTIF IC ASSOCIATIONS climate change, that it is risk- change, says Bob Moore, a Re- signifi cant scientists who dispute ing more and more becoming publican pollster from Port- it.” the modern Flat Earth Society,” land. But it’s a different story, — PORTLAND POLLSTER MIK E RILEY Shetterly says. he says, when it comes to sup- “Ninety-seven percent of climate scientists agree that climate-warming Chuck Adams, a Republican porting remedies that affect “Global warming presents a test trends over the past century are very likely due to human activities. …” political consultant close to the their pocketbook. For example, of foresight, of political courage, party’s conservative Christian polls in Washington state show MCCAIN — NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION and of the unselfi sh concern that wing, has similar fears. a carbon tax is “highly unpopu- “I don’t think we should have lar,” Bob Moore says. one generation owes to the next … We need to think straight about our heads in the sand on this Hibbitts, a nonpartisan poll- “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and since the 1950s, many of issue,” Adams says. ster, agrees. “As soon as you the dangers ahead and to meet Climate change is a “huge is- start to tell voters this is going the problem with all the resources the observed changes are unprecedented over decades to millennia. The sue” for the global environ- to cost you something, I think of human ingenuity at our atmosphere and ocean have warmed, the amounts of snow and ice have disposal.” ment, he says. But perspectives you’re going to start to see that diminished, sea level has risen, and the concentrations of greenhouse gases within the Oregon GOP on this consensus break down pretty — SEN. JOHN MCCAIN, R- ARIZ., CAMPAIGN- issue are largely driven by the quickly.” ING F OR PRESIDENT IN PORTLAND IN 2 0 0 8 have increased.” party nationally, Adams says. To gauge what truly moti- DURB IN Jim Moore, a Pacifi c Univer- vates voters, pollsters ask “I think it’s an inexact science and sity political science professor, open-ended questions about there has been more and more says he hears more suburban their top concerns. Jobs, the questioning about some of the “The atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous conclusions that were reached Republicans here talk about economy and perhaps schools oxide have increased to levels unprecedented in at least the last 800,000 climate change as a “hoax.” But get cited by more than 20 per- concerning climate change. And I those in Eastern Oregon, or cent of Oregon voters, Adams believe that everybody in the world years. Carbon dioxide concentrations have increased by 40 percent since those working in agriculture, says. Those trump concerns deserves correct answers on pre-industrial times, primarily from fossil fuel emissions and, secondarily, tell him they notice the chang- about health care and public whether the scientifi c conclusions from net land use change emissions.” ing climate and want to do safety right now, he says. were fl awed by outside infl uences.” something about it. Climate change is low on the — SEN. JOHN MCCAIN IN 2 0 1 0 Dan Lavey, a GOP political list, cited by “way less than 10 B OQ UIST consultant close to the party’s percent,” Hibbitts says. “It hasn’t personally impacted “Human infl uence has been detected in warming of the atmosphere and the moderate, pro-business wing, As a result, Bailey is not opti- them (Oregonians). 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B y STEF ANIE DONAHUE on steroids.” Washington, Idaho and Mon- Pamplin Media Group The PUC stopped short of de- tana, prefers the standard ap- ploying a German-style ap- proach to the feed-in tariff When 65-year-old Judy proach because of Federal En- model. It’s simpler to use, and Barnes buses down Port- ergy Regulatory Commission the subsidies are provided up land’s Southeast Hawthorne rules governing the wholesale front, says Michael O’Brien, Re- Boulevard on a sunny day, sale of electricity. That’s where newable Northwest policy as- she peers through the win- the program got complicated sociate. dow and focuses beyond the for participants and utility According to the PUC report, busy streetscape, gazing at companies, Newman says. But the standard federal and state empty rooftops. she calls it a bookkeeping issue tax credits, rebates and net me- Some of those bare-topped that can be improved if the pro- tering package led to 7,000 so- homes and businesses could gram is extended. lar system installations in Ore- generate clean, renewable so- gon from 1999 to 2013. lar energy, Barnes says — but it B oth systems needed? The pilot program led to all boils down to the state’s en- Sunbridge Solar owner Jor- about 1,300 installations from ergy policy. dan Weisman says the pilot 2010 to 2013. Oregon’s solar subsidy pro- program was a “huge help” Though Oregon hovers in grams have delivered an eight- that enabled him to launch his the top 10 states in solar pro- fold increase in solar installa- company in 2010. He now em- duction, O’Brien says, “for a tions in just four years, jump- ploys seven people. state as progressive as we are, ing from about 1,000 in 2009 to “I think production incen- we should be doing better.” 8,000 in 2013. But solar still only tives like a feed-in tariff work Advocates for the solar pilot provides 0.02 percent of Ore- the best,” Weisman says. It is say the PUC could have signed gon’s electricity — despite the “affordable for a lot of people.” up many more people, since it state’s promotion of solar since However, Weisman says fi lled up within minutes each the late-1970s. there’s a natural “sweet spot” quarter when it took new appli- Now state solar policies are The price of right now that makes the stan- cants. However, that would re- at a crossroads, with some sub- installing solar dard subsidy package more vi- quire more subsidies from oth- sidies facing close scrutiny and panels is coming able for systems producing less er ratepayers. possible cancellation. than fi ve kilowatts. Anything down, causing PUC stays neutral According to a new Oregon some to rethink above that, he says, is more lu- Public Utility Commission re- the role, and crative with a feed-in tariff The PUC report wound up port, the cost of home solar in- model. making no recommendations, amount, of stallations dropped 29 percent Oregon City’s Springwater concluding that “no single pro- v arious in the past two years, from Environmental Sciences char- gram appears to be more effec- subsidies. $6.63 per watt in 2011 to $4.69 ter school, where Weisman in- tive than others at lowering in- per watt in 2013. Equipment PAMPLIN MEDIA stalled a 30-kilowatt system, stallation costs.” costs will continue plummet- GROUP F ILE PHOTO saves $1,000 a year and got a The state agency suggested ing, the PUC forecasts, falling PUC every three months — of- A key advantage of the pilot Progress, lobbied heavily for return on its investment after workshops for all stakeholders in half between now and 2020. ten three times the current program is nixing state subsi- the modifi ed feed-in tariff pilot, four years, Weisman says. this fall, to promote further dis- One reason the Oregon Leg- market rate or more — on dies, freeing money for schools and want to see it retained and “That could not have been done cussion. The report also sug- islature commissioned the PUC 15-year contracts. Utilities re- and state services. But that strengthened. The PUC, for ex- without a feed-in tariff,” he gested the need to evaluate report was to evaluate the coup the cost of paying above- shifts the fi nancial burden to ample, capped the energy utili- says. cost-shifting caused by net me- state’s solar pilot program, market prices by raising rates utility ratepayers. Pacifi c Pow- ties must buy at 90 percent of His biggest frustration with tering. which launched in 2010 and is for all customers a smidgeon. er and PGE customers already each home’s electricity usage. the pilot program was that eli- Maury Galbraith, adminis- set to end in May 2015. The pi- Participants forgo the ability to pay for Energy Trust rebates Barnes says that causes some gible participants were chosen trator of PUC’s Energy Divi- lot is modeled after a feed-in get state tax credits or other via a 3 percent surcharge on people to install fewer solar in a matter of minutes each sion, says the pilot was imple- tariff system, which vaulted rebates, though they still quali- monthly bills. panels than the optimal num- time the PUC opened the pro- mented successfully. He was Germany to world leadership fy for federal tax credits. The standard subsidy model ber and removes their incen- gram to new people. He says most proud of the high public in solar production and also relies on net metering, a tive to conserve energy. the PUC set the rate too high. interest despite the declining brought stellar results in other Ev erything on table law that obligates utilities to The solar pilot works better Weisman wants to see the price offered when the pro- nations. The standard solar subsidy use the surplus solar energy for older and low-income resi- program retained and restruc- gram was reopened each quar- Under feed-in tariffs, each package in Oregon, a mix of produced via rooftop solar pan- dents, Barnes says, because tured. ter, based on high demand. homeowner becomes an inde- state and federal tax credits els that’s not needed at the they often don’t earn enough to “The ultimate goal is to have Shifting from a competitive pendent power producer, sell- and Energy Trust of Oregon or time by homeowners, such as take full advantage of state in- a sustainable industry without bidding approach to a lottery ing electricity to their utility at other rebates, also is in limbo. on sunny days. Residents get come tax credits. any incentives at all,” Weisman system for applicants also im- artifi cially high prices fi xed in The state residential tax credit credits for future electric bills, Return on investment often says. For now, Oregon must proved the program, he says. long-term contracts. The is set to sunset January 2018 effectively using their utilities drives people to install solar, look at what incentives work Galbraith notes the pilot pro- above-market prices provide unless the Oregon Legislature to bank their solar power until Barnes says. “You don’t have to best because they are still nec- gram seemed to co-exist with the incentive for people to in- extends it. The state business it’s needed. In some states, util- be an altruistic environmental- essary, he says. other incentives and did not stall solar panels and get loans energy tax credit ended July 1 ities are leading a drive to undo ist.” cause their use to decline. to pay for installation. for new applicants. And the or alter net metering laws. Mark Pengilly and Kathleen Trade group prefers However, simplicity is impor- In the Oregon pilot, utilities federal tax credit is scheduled Newman, current leaders of old system tant, he says, and having one agreed to buy a capped amount to expire for residential sys- Tinkering with pilot Oregonians for Renewable En- Renewable Northwest, a program “would probably be a of solar energy from a limited tems and decrease by 10 per- Barnes and the group she co- ergy Progress, say the pilot trade group that advocates for good idea.” number of residents and other cent for commercial systems in founded, now called Orego- program is very confusing. wind and other renewable en- Now, he says, it’s up to the customers, at rates set by the December 2016. nians for Renewable Energy Newman calls it “net metering ergy development in Oregon, Legislature.

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A pair of riders meander toward the Springwater Corridor Bikes: Drafting calls for different rules in Southeast Portland. Along the ■ From page 1 corridor, fast and slower bicyclists pedalers up ahead or on the share the right of way right side of the lane? And when with walkers, joggers, should faster road bicyclists rollerbladers and draft (follow closely behind an- parents pushing other bike to get an aerodynam- strollers. ic advantage)? PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP Portland’s speedy bike riders, PHOTO: JOSEPH GALLIVAN it seems, can be as troublesome to walkers and slower bikers as cars can be to bikes. Users sound off on Lake Oswego resident Matt Murray put it best in a letter to the Portland Tribune. A team of 15 cyclists came “zipping” sharing the pathways around him as he walked on the George Rogers Park paved trail We talked to some runners fornia in October. Brian fi nds between the park and Old River and riders about confl icts the bike paths “active, but not Road, “weaving in and out of pe- among bicyclists and pedes- crowded to an obnoxious state.” destrian traffi c.” trians, where the Springwa- His rules are simple: always “After around the 10th bike, I ter Corridor begins in ear- say “on your left” when pass- called out, ‘Hey, you should not nest at Portland’s Southeast ing. People riding two abreast even be on the trail.’ Luckily, one Fourth Avenue and Ivon do not always bother him. “Rid- of the last guys stopped and pro- Street. Here’s what they had ing side-by-side and having a ceeded to inform me that they, in to say. conversation is part of the en- fact, do have the right to be on tertainment value of riding, so that trail as decreed by the city Pat Boylan is a Springwater you accept it.” of Lake Oswego. Corridor regular with a four- As a racer with the Portland “I informed him that I was not mile commute each way. He Wheelmen club, he does some- concerned with the rules, but hasn’t seen much crowding. times draft. more with common courtesy.” PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP: JONATHAN HOUSE The most common obstruction “There’s etiquette that sug- Their exchange was heated. Courtney Acostagrates, a former bicyclist who was nearly killed by a car, regularly runs along Portland’s is people walking side by side. gests you announce your pres- While Murray understood that east and westside esplanades, sharing the space with other runners, walkers and cyclists. “Most people look before they ence,” he says. Riding in a pace- bikers get little respect from car jump out and pass someone. line, there’s no real rule about drivers, “To hide behind a rule in point of etiquette: “If it rains 400-member Portland Velo cy- There’s no single rule of eti- how long you lead or whether the face of a potentially serious and you don’t have fenders, the cling club. “In Cycle Oregon or quette, aside from don’t be an you pull off to the left or right accident that could have been sooner you move back over, the More bicyclists ahead Reach the Beach, I don’t want to a—hole.” when you leave the front and avoided with at least two other sooner (the person you passed) On Portland’s four main bicy- let the peloton get too long, but He has one beef with his fel- return to the back of the line. options — fi rst, just slow down, is going to get it right in the cle-friendly bridges (Broadway, in a race you can get any size low bikers. “Bicyclists don’t He adds that in drafting, and second, have the lead rider face, and that’s not nice or kind Steel, Burnside and group.” know what the hell a stop sign speed is not the big issue. It’s warn people of the pack size— is or courteous.” Hawthorne) bicycle use has But back to dodging. He sees grown 322 percent since is.” He says he observes “nine closeness. “You just stay on just not necessary.” 1991, while automotive trips a lot of confl icts on the Fairmont out of 10” stop signs. “That’s be- their wheel, but you don’t want Drafting etiquette haven’t increased at all, Loop west of Oregon Health & cause I’ve been hit by a car to get within an inch of it with- Rules of the road Drafting ideally should be according to the Portland Science University between blowing a stop sign. I prefer not out knowing their habits. If you Rob Sadowsky, executive di- saved for closed routes, Sad- Bureau of Transportation. walkers, joggers, bikers and dog to bounce down the street.” know their habits, you can snug rector of the Bicycle Transporta- owsky says, although he has The Portland Bicycle Plan walkers. up.” tion Alliance, advises bicyclists done it on group road rides with calls for more than a quarter “We get confused about how Courtney Acostagrates had Good drafters have good to obey the laws of the road that people who are really good at it of all trips to be made by close we can ride together,” he just run five miles and was communication, announcing govern everyone. “Never pass so and can react quickly. (The bicycle by 2030. says of road racers. “In general, walking for a breather. She’s a every rock or stick or hazard. close that you can’t get out of leader has hand signals that are if I am passing on a two-lane regular on the trail, often with “Shouting it out is better than their way if they have to move,” passed down the tight line of bi- side of that from nonracers. road, I give a third of a lane.” her 2-year-old in a jogging making an evasive maneuver Sadowsky suggests. cyclists, warning of hazards.) Close-quarters riding is a spe- Bolen says Portland Velo stroller, and says she feels safe and having everyone go He says cars should leave As for drafting strangers, cifi c skill. …” chastises those who ride three there. “The bikes are courte- down.” enough room so that if bike and “It’s nice to say ‘Would you She says good riders have to or four abreast or cross the yel- ous; they let you know when rider fell over sideways, they mind?’ When you’re six inches be assertive with other riders low line. “We’re very organized; they are coming. Everyone’s re- Janet Tracy walks 7.1 still wouldn’t touch the car. or less from their back tire, you who are bothering them. we’re a club.” ally nice.” miles home from work every “That’s a minimum of three almost have to. Kandra sees dangerous rid- As many as 120 people might “My greatest fear is the mo- day. She’s seen cyclists nearly feet, but not all motorists do “But a bike commute is a very ers everywhere, on the Haw- show up for the weekly Satur- tor vehicle/pedestrian/bike crash by swerving around that. I’ve had people come past different ride; you shouldn’t be thorne Bridge and North Wil- day ride. So they break into complex. Three years ago I was walkers and other bikers. so that I can touch them or drafting.” liams Avenue in particular. groups of 12 or less. hit by a car (while cycling). I Tracy used to race bikes, and smell them.” Lindsay Kandra, 37, is a regu- “The only confrontation I’ve Bolen has seen a group men- was almost killed, and my fi an- would draft when she could, Sadowsky recommends cy- lar cyclocross rider, a bike com- gotten into commuting in the tality, where if one person rolls ce was killed. Since that time I depending. “If they look like clists call out “On your left!” as muter, a lawyer and a member last year was asking someone I a stop sign, others join in. “We haven’t ridden a bicycle. The they know what they are do- they come up behind someone of the Oregon Bicycle Racing didn’t know to stop drafting me remind people when they wear pedestrian-cyclist scene seems ing — you can tell by the way slower. Association. She writes in an as we rode on Greeley. our jersey they are ambassa- a lot more innocuous because they sit, and the cadence, the “Oregon state law requires email: “Given the speed of traffi c on dors for safe cycling.” they’re not going to hit me at 55 way the pedals are turning.” that when passing a pedestrian “I know that the race/com- that road,” she says, “it was Sadowsky of the BTA sums miles per hour.” All the same, she wishes they to give audible notifi cation, with mute problem is not limited to scaring me.” up the current ideal approach to could walk in her shoes. “The bell or voice. Always assume people who are wearing race “There’s a distinction be- biking in crowds with his motto: Brian, who did not want to real challenge is walking a people are attentive to their team kits. As far as drafting or tween riding and racing,” says “Ride defensively, walk de- give his last name, moved to bike path you used to ride.” own needs, not yours.” side-by-side riding is concerned, Glen Bolen, an architect and fensively and be predictable.” Portland from Southern Cali- — Joseph Gallivan Sadowsky adds one more I see a lot more of the unsafe former co-president of the And don’t be an a—hole.

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