Neighbors for Clean Air
@neighbors4cleanair.bsky.social
Neighbors for Clean Air stands up to big polluters and trains the next generation of air quality advocates and beyond!
They fight for our health, our communities, our future 💛 We're honoring John Krallman as one of our 2025 Clean Air Champions, NCA's first staff attorney and a trailblazer in Oregon’s air advocacy 🏆 Celebrate John's legacy with us at the Clean Air Gala!
neighborsforcleanair.org/cleanairgala/
neighborsforcleanair.org/cleanairgala/
October 28, 2025 at 1:25 AM
They fight for our health, our communities, our future 💛 We're honoring John Krallman as one of our 2025 Clean Air Champions, NCA's first staff attorney and a trailblazer in Oregon’s air advocacy 🏆 Celebrate John's legacy with us at the Clean Air Gala!
neighborsforcleanair.org/cleanairgala/
neighborsforcleanair.org/cleanairgala/
Neighbors for Clean Air had a blast tabling at the Northwest Allergy Forum, organized by the Oregon Society of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology!
We’re grateful for the chance to connect with healthcare professionals and share how clean air advocacy supports public health.
We’re grateful for the chance to connect with healthcare professionals and share how clean air advocacy supports public health.
October 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Neighbors for Clean Air had a blast tabling at the Northwest Allergy Forum, organized by the Oregon Society of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology!
We’re grateful for the chance to connect with healthcare professionals and share how clean air advocacy supports public health.
We’re grateful for the chance to connect with healthcare professionals and share how clean air advocacy supports public health.
TODAY: We’re in the The Oregonian calling on Governor Kotek & state leaders to continue the fight for clean air. We need to catch up with our West Coast neighbors and make sure we’re not the diesel dumping ground of the West Coast. Make your voice heard - link below ⬇️
bit.ly/NCADIESELACT...
bit.ly/NCADIESELACT...
October 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
TODAY: We’re in the The Oregonian calling on Governor Kotek & state leaders to continue the fight for clean air. We need to catch up with our West Coast neighbors and make sure we’re not the diesel dumping ground of the West Coast. Make your voice heard - link below ⬇️
bit.ly/NCADIESELACT...
bit.ly/NCADIESELACT...
The Portland Bureau of Transportation is collecting public input as they reevaluate their vision and goals for the next twenty years – swipe to see our three wishes, and share yours by October 1st. Help us shape a clean air future for all Oregonians - link below!
bit.ly/42NJEAF
bit.ly/42NJEAF
September 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The Portland Bureau of Transportation is collecting public input as they reevaluate their vision and goals for the next twenty years – swipe to see our three wishes, and share yours by October 1st. Help us shape a clean air future for all Oregonians - link below!
bit.ly/42NJEAF
bit.ly/42NJEAF
As lawmakers head into this week's special session, we have to acknowledge two truths: transportation funding must be passed, and there is still much more work to be done on Oregon's transportation future.
August 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
As lawmakers head into this week's special session, we have to acknowledge two truths: transportation funding must be passed, and there is still much more work to be done on Oregon's transportation future.
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We spoke with Nakisha Nathan, co-executive director of @neighbors4cleanair.bsky.social, about Multnomah County's draft Climate Justice Plan and what true climate justice looks like.
Check out the full story and hear directly from Nakisha 👇
#ClimateJustice #MultnomahCounty #Portland
Check out the full story and hear directly from Nakisha 👇
#ClimateJustice #MultnomahCounty #Portland
Belonging as Climate Strategy: Nakisha Nathan on Multnomah County’s Climate Justice Plan — Breach Collective
Nakisha Nathan of Neighbors for Clean Air shares how Multnomah County’s Climate Justice Plan centers belonging, equity, and lived experience in climate action.
www.breachcollective.org
August 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
We spoke with Nakisha Nathan, co-executive director of @neighbors4cleanair.bsky.social, about Multnomah County's draft Climate Justice Plan and what true climate justice looks like.
Check out the full story and hear directly from Nakisha 👇
#ClimateJustice #MultnomahCounty #Portland
Check out the full story and hear directly from Nakisha 👇
#ClimateJustice #MultnomahCounty #Portland
NCA visited Vigor Industrial with students from The Blueprint Foundation and local elected leaders to learn more about the Portland Harbor Superfund site, discuss the clean up process, potential environmental impacts and engage with the next gen on how the project will unfold in their lifetimes 👏
August 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
NCA visited Vigor Industrial with students from The Blueprint Foundation and local elected leaders to learn more about the Portland Harbor Superfund site, discuss the clean up process, potential environmental impacts and engage with the next gen on how the project will unfold in their lifetimes 👏
NCA's Camp AQ brings together students age 13-17 from all over the metro region for 4 days of learning.
One of our favorite Camp AQ activities is teaching students about the power of art as activism - our 2024 cohort made zines, collages, and illustrations to share what they learned!
One of our favorite Camp AQ activities is teaching students about the power of art as activism - our 2024 cohort made zines, collages, and illustrations to share what they learned!
July 31, 2025 at 9:25 PM
NCA's Camp AQ brings together students age 13-17 from all over the metro region for 4 days of learning.
One of our favorite Camp AQ activities is teaching students about the power of art as activism - our 2024 cohort made zines, collages, and illustrations to share what they learned!
One of our favorite Camp AQ activities is teaching students about the power of art as activism - our 2024 cohort made zines, collages, and illustrations to share what they learned!
Be a part of the next generation of air quality advocates! Camp AQ, NCA's summer camp, is coming up on August 4th - 7th and we still have a few spots available.
Don't miss out - enroll by Friday, July 25th to attend!
tinyurl.com/NCACAMPAQ
Don't miss out - enroll by Friday, July 25th to attend!
tinyurl.com/NCACAMPAQ
July 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Be a part of the next generation of air quality advocates! Camp AQ, NCA's summer camp, is coming up on August 4th - 7th and we still have a few spots available.
Don't miss out - enroll by Friday, July 25th to attend!
tinyurl.com/NCACAMPAQ
Don't miss out - enroll by Friday, July 25th to attend!
tinyurl.com/NCACAMPAQ
Won't you be our neighbor ... for clean air? 😉
We're so excited to be a community partner for the Summer Free For All series, which provides park free movies for Portlanders across the city! Find us at Farragut Park this Saturday night for a showing of Won't You Be My Neighbor.
See you there!
We're so excited to be a community partner for the Summer Free For All series, which provides park free movies for Portlanders across the city! Find us at Farragut Park this Saturday night for a showing of Won't You Be My Neighbor.
See you there!
July 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Won't you be our neighbor ... for clean air? 😉
We're so excited to be a community partner for the Summer Free For All series, which provides park free movies for Portlanders across the city! Find us at Farragut Park this Saturday night for a showing of Won't You Be My Neighbor.
See you there!
We're so excited to be a community partner for the Summer Free For All series, which provides park free movies for Portlanders across the city! Find us at Farragut Park this Saturday night for a showing of Won't You Be My Neighbor.
See you there!
THANK YOU to everyone who joined our Pedalpalooza bike tour, Diesel Detour: Pedal Through the Particulates 🚲
Your energy and passion for clean air made the ride unforgettable. Here’s to more adventures on two wheels and continuing to #ditchdirtydiesel together!
Your energy and passion for clean air made the ride unforgettable. Here’s to more adventures on two wheels and continuing to #ditchdirtydiesel together!
July 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
THANK YOU to everyone who joined our Pedalpalooza bike tour, Diesel Detour: Pedal Through the Particulates 🚲
Your energy and passion for clean air made the ride unforgettable. Here’s to more adventures on two wheels and continuing to #ditchdirtydiesel together!
Your energy and passion for clean air made the ride unforgettable. Here’s to more adventures on two wheels and continuing to #ditchdirtydiesel together!
NIH’s National Cancer Institute, which is facing censorship and funding cuts, has found that particulate matter air pollution causes DNA-level damage tied to lung cancer in non-smokers while the the U.S. Senate just voted to cut clean energy and health care. #ditchdirtydiesel
July 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
NIH’s National Cancer Institute, which is facing censorship and funding cuts, has found that particulate matter air pollution causes DNA-level damage tied to lung cancer in non-smokers while the the U.S. Senate just voted to cut clean energy and health care. #ditchdirtydiesel
Welcome to the team, Clara!
Clara Ridabock (she/her) started at NCA as our Digital Engagement Manager in June 2025, bringing a decade of marketing and communications experience to the team. She is an avid nature lover and ....
Read more at: neighborsforcleanair.org/who-we-are/
Clara Ridabock (she/her) started at NCA as our Digital Engagement Manager in June 2025, bringing a decade of marketing and communications experience to the team. She is an avid nature lover and ....
Read more at: neighborsforcleanair.org/who-we-are/
July 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Welcome to the team, Clara!
Clara Ridabock (she/her) started at NCA as our Digital Engagement Manager in June 2025, bringing a decade of marketing and communications experience to the team. She is an avid nature lover and ....
Read more at: neighborsforcleanair.org/who-we-are/
Clara Ridabock (she/her) started at NCA as our Digital Engagement Manager in June 2025, bringing a decade of marketing and communications experience to the team. She is an avid nature lover and ....
Read more at: neighborsforcleanair.org/who-we-are/
Leave dirty diesel in the dust! 🚴
Join NCA’s Transportation Advocacy Manager Mackenzie Springer for Diesel Detour: Pedal Through the Particulates, a @pedalpaloozapdx ride visiting locations tied to Oregon’s diesel pollution story to advocate for clean air.
www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...
Join NCA’s Transportation Advocacy Manager Mackenzie Springer for Diesel Detour: Pedal Through the Particulates, a @pedalpaloozapdx ride visiting locations tied to Oregon’s diesel pollution story to advocate for clean air.
www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...
July 2, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Leave dirty diesel in the dust! 🚴
Join NCA’s Transportation Advocacy Manager Mackenzie Springer for Diesel Detour: Pedal Through the Particulates, a @pedalpaloozapdx ride visiting locations tied to Oregon’s diesel pollution story to advocate for clean air.
www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...
Join NCA’s Transportation Advocacy Manager Mackenzie Springer for Diesel Detour: Pedal Through the Particulates, a @pedalpaloozapdx ride visiting locations tied to Oregon’s diesel pollution story to advocate for clean air.
www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...
Join NCA for a #pedalpalooza ride at 3pm on Sunday, July 13!
"Diesel Detour: Pedal Through the Particulates" will lead folks around N Portland and share Portland's diesel pollution story.
Link in comments for more information!
"Diesel Detour: Pedal Through the Particulates" will lead folks around N Portland and share Portland's diesel pollution story.
Link in comments for more information!
June 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Join NCA for a #pedalpalooza ride at 3pm on Sunday, July 13!
"Diesel Detour: Pedal Through the Particulates" will lead folks around N Portland and share Portland's diesel pollution story.
Link in comments for more information!
"Diesel Detour: Pedal Through the Particulates" will lead folks around N Portland and share Portland's diesel pollution story.
Link in comments for more information!
NCA staff had a blast at Coalition of Communities of Color Summer Soiree last week!
June 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
NCA staff had a blast at Coalition of Communities of Color Summer Soiree last week!
Last week NCA joined dozens of other community and environmental justice organizations to say "NO CUTS" to the Multnomah County Office of Sustainability!
Check out this great article on OPB featuring NCA's Co-Executive Director Nakisha Nathan!
www.opb.org/article/2025...
Check out this great article on OPB featuring NCA's Co-Executive Director Nakisha Nathan!
www.opb.org/article/2025...
Climate advocates rally to oppose budget cuts at Multnomah County’s Office of Sustainability
Dozens of groups called on the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners to oppose a proposal that would gut the Office of Sustainability.
www.opb.org
June 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Last week NCA joined dozens of other community and environmental justice organizations to say "NO CUTS" to the Multnomah County Office of Sustainability!
Check out this great article on OPB featuring NCA's Co-Executive Director Nakisha Nathan!
www.opb.org/article/2025...
Check out this great article on OPB featuring NCA's Co-Executive Director Nakisha Nathan!
www.opb.org/article/2025...
Now more than ever, we need our local leaders to step up and fight for climate justice. So why is #MultCo considering deep cuts to sustainability and climate justice programs? Join us Thursday at a #HandsOffClimateJustice rally!
May 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Now more than ever, we need our local leaders to step up and fight for climate justice. So why is #MultCo considering deep cuts to sustainability and climate justice programs? Join us Thursday at a #HandsOffClimateJustice rally!
Great article today in the @portlandmercury.com which highlights exactly why NCA and our allies have been pushing back hard against the narrative from the trucking industry demanding a rollback of our electric truck standards.
#dumpdirtydiesel
www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/05...
#dumpdirtydiesel
www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/05...
May 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Great article today in the @portlandmercury.com which highlights exactly why NCA and our allies have been pushing back hard against the narrative from the trucking industry demanding a rollback of our electric truck standards.
#dumpdirtydiesel
www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/05...
#dumpdirtydiesel
www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/05...
Oregonians: ballots are due in the May election in just one week on Tuesday, May 20 by 8pm!
Though these off-year spring elections may seem inconsequential, remember that acting local is the best resistance we have to the darkening federal landscape.
So get out there and VOTE!
Though these off-year spring elections may seem inconsequential, remember that acting local is the best resistance we have to the darkening federal landscape.
So get out there and VOTE!
May 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Oregonians: ballots are due in the May election in just one week on Tuesday, May 20 by 8pm!
Though these off-year spring elections may seem inconsequential, remember that acting local is the best resistance we have to the darkening federal landscape.
So get out there and VOTE!
Though these off-year spring elections may seem inconsequential, remember that acting local is the best resistance we have to the darkening federal landscape.
So get out there and VOTE!
Thank you to the 170 Oregonians who signed onto our comments to DEQ to #dumpdirtydiesel and stop the roll back of our electric truck standards!
NCA staff hand-delivered your comments to their offices today.
NCA staff hand-delivered your comments to their offices today.
May 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Thank you to the 170 Oregonians who signed onto our comments to DEQ to #dumpdirtydiesel and stop the roll back of our electric truck standards!
NCA staff hand-delivered your comments to their offices today.
NCA staff hand-delivered your comments to their offices today.
NCA's own @mackenziespringer.bsky.social testifying before DEQ urging them not to roll back our landmark electric truck standards!
It's estimated that 50 Oregonians die every year from diesel pollution – that's outrageous!
Join NCA in saying #dumpdirtydiesel!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
It's estimated that 50 Oregonians die every year from diesel pollution – that's outrageous!
Join NCA in saying #dumpdirtydiesel!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
May 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
NCA's own @mackenziespringer.bsky.social testifying before DEQ urging them not to roll back our landmark electric truck standards!
It's estimated that 50 Oregonians die every year from diesel pollution – that's outrageous!
Join NCA in saying #dumpdirtydiesel!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
It's estimated that 50 Oregonians die every year from diesel pollution – that's outrageous!
Join NCA in saying #dumpdirtydiesel!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
On #WorldAsthmaDay millions of Oregonian’s health is at risk due to #dirtydiesel pollution from trucks. Oregon state leaders shouldn’t give polluters a free ride.
Make your voice heard and join NCA is saying #dumpdirtydiesel – take action today!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Make your voice heard and join NCA is saying #dumpdirtydiesel – take action today!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
May 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
On #WorldAsthmaDay millions of Oregonian’s health is at risk due to #dirtydiesel pollution from trucks. Oregon state leaders shouldn’t give polluters a free ride.
Make your voice heard and join NCA is saying #dumpdirtydiesel – take action today!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Make your voice heard and join NCA is saying #dumpdirtydiesel – take action today!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
NCA staff had a great time at the Move Oregon Forward rally & lobby day for the 2025 transportation package! We are proud to lend our voices to support a package that prioritize our shared values around #safety, #climate, #affordability and #accountability.
#moveoregonforward #transportationpackage
#moveoregonforward #transportationpackage
April 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
NCA staff had a great time at the Move Oregon Forward rally & lobby day for the 2025 transportation package! We are proud to lend our voices to support a package that prioritize our shared values around #safety, #climate, #affordability and #accountability.
#moveoregonforward #transportationpackage
#moveoregonforward #transportationpackage
Did you know NCA turns 15 this year?!?
To celebrate we printed up these snazzy baseball t-shirts (modeled by NCA staff below).
Sign up to be a $15/month NCA donor, and you get a complimentary tee!
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To celebrate we printed up these snazzy baseball t-shirts (modeled by NCA staff below).
Sign up to be a $15/month NCA donor, and you get a complimentary tee!
interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/WebL...
April 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Did you know NCA turns 15 this year?!?
To celebrate we printed up these snazzy baseball t-shirts (modeled by NCA staff below).
Sign up to be a $15/month NCA donor, and you get a complimentary tee!
interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/WebL...
To celebrate we printed up these snazzy baseball t-shirts (modeled by NCA staff below).
Sign up to be a $15/month NCA donor, and you get a complimentary tee!
interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/WebL...