Top Stories
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Crude Oil Terminal, Oil Trains Threaten Columbia River Communities
After signaling its disinterest in exporting dirty coal overseas, the Port of Vancouver is poised to take on the shipment of another dirty fossil fuel – crude oil.
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Riverkeeper talks to KING 5 TV about Hanford waste
KING 5 TV interviews Riverkeeper’s Theresa Labriola & Dan Serres about the latest news regarding a Hanford contractor wasting millions of taxpayer dollars pushing forward on a project when tank leaks had been detected.
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Planning Commission Stands Up for Farmers, Not Big Coal
Columbia County Planning Commission recommends denial of land use changes at Port Westward Industrial Park.
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DEQ: Protect Oregon from Dirty Coal Export!
Oregon DEQ has opened a public comment period on draft air quality permits for the controversial Morrow Pacific Project. Comment period runs through July 12.
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Oregon LNG Files Formal Application to Export LNG
Oregon LNG announces application filing with FERC to site and construct a massive LNG export facility and associated pipeline.
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Taking Big Coal to Court
Columbia Riverkeeper and allies file Clean Water Act lawsuit to stop toxic coal discharges from trains into Northwest waterways.
In The News
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DOE Secretary promises new Hanford plan by end of summer
KING 5 TV. June 19, 2013.
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The Morrow Pacific Project: High costs could turn coal export plan into a terminal of last resort
Sightline. June 19, 2013.
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Morrow Pacific: The Economics Just Don’t Work
Sightline. June 19, 2013.
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Hanford contractor wasted millions on leaking tank
KING 5 News. June 13, 2013.
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Oregon LNG files new plan with feds
Daily Astorian. June 12, 2013.
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Oregon LNG goes for federal license, says approval would override county opposition
The Oregonian. June 11, 2013.
Blog Posts
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Protecting a Vancouver Public Beach from Toxic Debris
Blog post by Miles Johnson, Riverkeeper’s Clean Water Attorney—
The Columbia River’s public beaches are where you swim, launch a boat, cast a fishing line, and enjoy the river’s beauty with friends and family. Worrying about toxic debris should be the last thing on your mind. Yet toxic contamination is threatening one such public beach.
You can help! [...] -
Thanks for Speaking Up to Protect the Columbia from Hanford’s Pollution
Blog post by Theresa Labriola, Riverkeeper’s Hanford Coordinator—
THANK YOU! More than 140 Columbia Riverkeeper members as well as 13 organizations and 18 Native Fish Society River Stewards sent a clear message to the Department of Energy (Energy): Don’t Shortchange Hanford’s Groundwater Cleanup.
Despite the need to intercept radioactive and chemical waste in the groundwater before it [...] -
Ambre Energy Remains the Biggest Threat to Coal Export on the Columbia
Blog post by Jasmine Zimmer-Stucky, Riverkeeper’s Community Organizer—
Don’t get me wrong, we are still jumping for joy that Kinder Morgan is giving up on a coal export proposal in Oregon. Read more about that victory here. But three coal export proposals remain in the Pacific Northwest: two on the Columbia River and one near Bellingham, [...] -
Successful and fun weekend: Dana Lyons and the Great Coal Train Tour
Blog post by Jasmine Zimmer-Stucky, Riverkeeper’s Community Organizer—
Every once and awhile it’s time to put the PowerPoint presentation away, silence the cell phone, and have a good time. Last weekend, Columbia Riverkeeper did just that. Three times, actually.
We needed a bit of help, and that is where Dana Lyons and the Great Coal Train Tour [...] -
A Call for Action on Hanford Reform: More than Two Dozen Organizations Deliver Letters to Northwest Senators Calling for Truth in Hanford Cleanup
Blog post by Theresa Labriola, Riverkeeper’s Hanford Coordinator -
Columbia Riverkeeper and more than two dozen other organizations delivered letters to Senators Wyden, Murray and Cantwell asking the Senators to usher a new era of oversight and accountability at the most contaminated place in the Western Hemisphere: the 586-square-mile Hanford Nuclear Reservation. The organizations, which ranged from [...] -
Will President Obama force Oregon LNG to evaluate climate impacts?
Possible new guidance from the White House may force consideration of climate impacts, which would likely make Oregon LNG’s proposed project even less viable.
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Crude Oil Terminal, Oil Trains Threaten Columbia River Communities
After signaling its disinterest in exporting dirty coal overseas, the Port of Vancouver is poised to take on the shipment of another dirty fossil fuel – crude oil.
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Riverkeeper talks to KING 5 TV about Hanford waste
KING 5 TV interviews Riverkeeper’s Theresa Labriola & Dan Serres about the latest news regarding a Hanford contractor wasting millions of taxpayer dollars pushing forward on a project when tank leaks had been detected.
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Planning Commission Stands Up for Farmers, Not Big Coal
Columbia County Planning Commission recommends denial of land use changes at Port Westward Industrial Park.
