The Week Observed: April 24, 2026 (opens in new tab)

Happy Earth Day, Oregon: Let’s commit to squandering tens of billions on highway expansion as greenhouse gases keep rising. Despite legal pledges to reduce greenhouse gases to address climate change, Portland’s transportation greenhouse gas emissions are going up, not down. State, regional and city governments have adopted climate goals that purport to commit to steadily reducing greenhouse gases, but we’re not merely failing to make progress, we’re going in the wrong direction.