City Council adopts Climate Emergency Declaration
Mayor Ted Wheeler, Commissioner Chloe Eudaly, Commissioner Amanda Fritz and Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty voted to adopt a Resolution, the Climate Emergency Declaration, that acknowledges the Portland metro area faces a human-made climate emergency and frontline communities
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