Wed, Jun 26
|Multnomah Building, Boardroom 100
Rumble on the River Community Forum
RUMBLE ON THE RIVER Community Forum #16 "Risk Bonds – So We Don't Pay For An Industrial Disaster"
Time & Location
Jun 26, 2024, 5:45 PM – 8:00 PM
Multnomah Building, Boardroom 100, 501 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR 97214, USA
About the event
Risk bonds will hold fossil fuel and chemical companies accountable. This is a proactive "Polluter Pays" plan. The costs of disasters are often "externalized" to the public. Bonding will cover those risks. They can require financial responsibility for all industrial disasters. This may encourage safety improvements and removal of
hazardous structures. Multnomah County is on the verge of taking risk bonding action.
Read more about risk bonds here.
Panel:
Mary King – Retired Economist with Risky Business
Sharon Meieran – Multnomah County Commissioner, District #1