Chasing Chimeras: The Lure of Deceptive Climate Solutions

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Tue, 04/22/2025 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Chasing Chimeras: The Lure of Deceptive Climate Solutions

 

As we confront the existential crisis of climate chaos there are two paths we can take. We can make dramatic changes that meaningfully reduce carbon emissions. Or we can accept the fossil fuel industry’s self-serving climate solutions—renewable diesel, hydrogen, renewable natural gas, biofuels, carbon capture and storage and carbon offsets. Chasing Chimeras: The Lure of Deceptive Climate Solutions tells stories of people living in the crosshairs of these proposals, working to expose the dangers that these projects pose to their lives, homes, communities and the planet.

In contrast to fossil fuel industry solutions, the documentary examines the need to implement verified and trusted renewable energy sources (wind, solar and geothermal), energy conservation and nature-based carbon capture and storage solutions that take advantage of natural carbon sinks such as old growth forests and wetlands.

 

Artwork by Kandace Manning

Funding for this program was provided by the Regional Arts & Culture Council, the Fund for Investigative Journalism, Mt. Hood Cable Regulatory Commission Community Grants, Steven and Jan Marx, June Sekera and Diane Dick.

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