On Saturday the United nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released it’s new report on Global Warming.

The UN panel, which shared the Nobel Peace prize with Al Gore , said there is no doubt, Global warming is happening and  people all over the earth are feeling it’s effects.

The National Environmental Trust sponsored an action at the World Trade Center in Downtown Portland to coincide with the reports release.

Speakers at the event were  there to call on Oregonians  and their senators to help pass legislation that would reduce carbon emissions eighty  percent by the year 2050.

Kboo reporter Linda Olson-Osterlund talks with Emily Southard one of the organizers of Saturdays event.

At today’s city council meeting in Portland, local activist Jeff Cook spoke to the council challenging a new rule that prevents citizens from speaking to the council without signing up in advance.  Here’s part of his testimony from this morning’s meeting.

Electricity consumer advocates, joined by commercial salmon fishermen, Native American tribes and conservation groups today called on customers of Pacific Power to join the struggle to remove four Klamath dams – and save themselves some money.

Pacific Power is a subsidiary of Pacificorp.  The company has refused a proposal to remove four dams on the Klamath River, instead putting the cost of an upgrade on reatepayers.

Economic reports by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the California Energy Commission conclude that removing the outdated dams is cheaper than making the upgrades necessary to get a new operating license.

Regina Chichizola is with the Klamath Riverkeeper:

PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, held a press conference today after filing a formal complaint  against the Oregon National Primate Research Center in Beaverton.