The Media Project is a non-profit media arts organization founded in 1974. Our mission is to support independent media artists whose work addresses the social and environmental issues of our time. The media we sponsor inspires people to create positive change by making current issues accessible, understandable and compelling.

Our latest project is Chasing Chimeras: The Lure of Deceptive Climate Solutions, a radio and film documentary

Just as it seemed that we were making real climate progress, the fossil fuel industry is sidetracking elected officials, regulators and business leaders with a rash of climate solution diversions: 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. The documentary shows how city, state and federal governments and regulatory agencies are swayed by the fossil fuel industry’s self-promotion as purveyors of clean, low-carbon energy, and scrutinizes how state and federal programs promote and fund renewable diesel, biogas and hydrogen development, while disincentivizing the adoption of proven climate solutions. 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.that tells the tale of how Portland abused and degraded the river that runs through it.

CHASING CHIMERAS was funded by the Regional Arts & Culture Council, Fund for Investigative Journalism, MHCRC Community Grants, Steven & Jan Marx and Diane Dick 

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