Letters to the Editor
Writing a letter to the editor is always a good way to take action on an issue you care about! If you want guidance in writing one, you can email Chuck Areford, 350 Eugene’s LTE coordinator. Also, check out the letters & op-eds below for inspiration!
For Eugene Weekly, letters should be less than 250 words and sent to letters@eugeneweekly.com along with your address and phone number. Priority given to those submitted by Friday, 5pm.
For The Register Guard, letters should be less than 250 words and sent to rgletters@registerguard.com along with your address and phone number.
Letters to the Editor
Check out the highlighted letters in the links below:
May 22, 2021 – Fight back against fossil fuels by Trisha Vigil
May 14, 2021 – Thank you for your time and consideration by Selena Blick
May 10, 2021 – Fair share by Pamela Driscoll
May 9, 2021 – Time is short to cut down on emissions by Pamela Fitzpatrick
April 28, 2021 – A time for evidence-supported optimism by Amalia Gladhart
April 23, 2021 – Green Education by James Neu
April 19, 2021 – Protecting family-wage jobs by Chuck Areford
March 19, 2021 – West Eugene even worse than we thought!/The kids are right by Robin Bloomgarden/Selena Blick
March 18, 2021 – It’s Time To Cancel The Jordan Cove Project by Dylan Plummer
March 14, 2021 – Be gone with climate condescension by Stuart Steidle
March 14, 2021 – Be gone with natural gas by Chuck Areford
March 5, 2021 – Bet on youth by Sahara Valentine
February 27, 2021 – The only hoax/Water is the new oil by Richard Barnhart/Lane Johnson
February 25, 2021 – Put green to use on green energy/Fossil fuels are an antiquated form of energy/Thinking beyond natural gas by David Stone/Laurie Ehlhardt Powell/Nancy Ahnert
February 21, 2021 – Acting locally by Rev. Dennis Reynolds
February 20, 2021 – Wicked games by Nicholas Tippins
February 17, 2021 – The end of the age of fossil fuel is now by Robert Burns
February 16, 2021 – The sign of climate heroes by Jim Neu
February 11, 2021 – Climate silence is white violence by Avery Temple
February 9, 2021 – Carbon dividend for all by Amalia Gladhart
February 4, 2021 – All for greed/Holding us back, holding us hostage by Michael C & Kathleen Carney/Patty Hine
February 1, 2021 – Where is our climate champion? by Caitlin Howard
January 1, 2021 – Climato-cides by Lisa Arkin
December 27, 2020 – A glaring breach of trust by Michelle Holman
December 20, 2020 – Methane madness by Pamela Fitzpatrick
December 6, 2020 – Moving beyond fossil fuels by Carolyn Partridge
November 29, 2020 – An exercise in circular logic by Dave Barta
November 27, 2029 – Head on by Pamela Driscoll
November 19, 2020 – Eugene Gaslighting on Climate by Jim Neu
November 8, 2020 – Rural Oregon duped by GOP by Will Watson
November 1, 2020 – Time to get real over climate crisis by Chuck Areford
September 13, 2020 – Time to pay the piper/Electrify your future by David Stone/Debra McGee
August 26, 2020 – Flame out by Jim Neu
August 25, 2020 – No new natural gas infrastructure by Chuck Areford
August 23, 2020 – Lessons from the trickster in chief by Donald Alexander
August 9, 2020 – Time is not on our side by Carolyn Partridge
July 30, 2020 – Wary of natural gas by Nancy Ahnert
July 19, 2020 – They say it’s sustainable by Patricia Hine
July 2, 2020 – Don’t panic by Robin Bloomgarden
June 19, 2020 – Positive feedback loops, negative trends by Art Farley
May 20, 2020 – Be gone, science deniers by Pamela Driscoll
January 12, 2020 – Monocrops are not forest by Samantha Krop
January 9, 2020 – Bold climate leadership wanted by Carolyn Partridge
Op-Eds
May 22, 2021 – ODOT is a hazard to Oregon’s wildfire recovery by Dylan Plummer
May 22, 2021 – Advanced recycling keeps Oregon beautiful by Joshua Proudfoot
May 16, 2021 – What national security are we paying for? by Michael Carrigan and Peter Bergel
April 24, 2021 – DeFazio’s time to shine on climate by Dylan Plummer
February 27, 2021 – NW Natural is gaslighting Oregonians by Dylan Plummer
February 27, 2021 – The misguided spotted owl shell game by Dominick DellaSala
February 18, 2021 – Eugene City Council right to fight fracked gas by Kitty Piercy
February 9, 2021 – People Over Profits by Nicholas Tippins
February 9, 2021 – A bridge fuel to nowhere by Laura Allen
January 23, 2021 – Nothing recovers from massive timber grab by Dylan Plummer
January 23, 2021 – Oregon needs clear carbon accounting by Catherine Thomasson and Linda Perrine
December 26, 2020 – 20/20 vision for a wilder Cascadia by Dylan Plummer
November 28, 2020 – Hope for action beyond climate deferral by Dylan Plummer
November 17, 2020 – Corruption in the woods by Ernie Niemi
November 1, 2020 – With climate change, we need understanding and buy-in by Steve Goldman
October 24, 2020 – Same playbook, different business by Dylan Plummer
October 15, 2020 – The ‘hunger’ to thwart by Tim Ream
October 11, 2020 – Give youth another hearing for climate change by Alexander Loznak
September 26, 2020 – Industrial forest management and the Holiday Farm Fire by Dylan Plummer
September 19, 2020 – Train explosions: A threat to Bend? by Diane Hodiak (350 Deschutes)
September 19, 2020 – Stopping the fires on our doorsteps by Karen Austin
September 17, 2020 – Dispatch from an evacuee by Dominick DellaSala
August 9, 2020 – Never again to nuclear weapons by Michael Carrigan and Peter Bergel
July 25, 2020 – Watch out, Jordan Cove by Dylan Plummer
June 25, 2020 – Time is now for cultural change by Bob Doppelt
May 31, 2020 – The definition of insanity by Timothy Ingalsbee
May 30, 2020 – The responsibility to do no harm by Bob Doppelt
January 23, 2020 – City’s goal should be preparation by Bob Doppelt