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BREAKING: Dozens of Organizations Celebrate Multnomah County Resolution To Ban Fossil Fuels in New Public Buildings
For Immediate Release: April 15, 2021 Press Contact: Nick Caleb, Climate and Energy Attorney, Breach Collective, 541.891.6761, nick@breachcollective.org Dineen O’Rourke, Campaign Manager, 350PDX, 631.830.7478, dineen@350pdx.org Dozens of Organizations Celebrate...
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BREAKING: Victory Over Fracked Gas Power Plant
Photo: Allyson Woodard April 15, 2020 For Immediate Release Contacts: Erin Saylor, Staff Attorney, Columbia Riverkeeper, (541) 399-4775, erin@columbiariverkeeper.org Nathan Baker, Senior Staff Attorney, Friends of the Columbia Gorge, (503) 241-3762 x101,...
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Media Advisory: Puget Sound Energy to be Tried in Court Over Tacoma LNG Facility
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, April 9, 2021 CONTACTS: Zachary DeWolf, Communications Director, Washington Environmental Council 206-771-4207 zachary@wecprotects.org Puget Sound Energy to be Tried in Court Over Tacoma LNG Facility WHAT: The Puyallup Tribe of Indians...
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Tacoma LNG – Puget Sound Energy is Finally on Trial!
Photo Credit: Dan Villa, 350Tacoma What is Tacoma LNG? The Tacoma Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility is a refinery proposed by Puget Sound Energy (PSE) on the Tacoma Tideflats, located on the ancestral territory of the Puyallup Tribe. The facility is capable of...
read moreNew Rules for Fossil Fuels in Washington State – Take Action
The Washington Department of Ecology is making a new rule on how fossil fuel projects will be evaluated. New Rules for Fossil Fuels is an opportunity to ensure that Ecology accounts for frontline climate impacts first and uses the best science in developing its fossil fuel rule. It’s time to change the rules of the game!
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Oregon’s Coastal Zone Management Act Denial of Jordan Cove LNG Project Upheld by Federal Government
Yet another major blow was dealt to the proposed Jordan Cove LNG fracked gas terminal and pipeline in Southern Oregon when the U.S. Secretary of Commerce upheld Oregon’s denial of the essential Coastal Zone Management Act consistency review.
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December 12, 2018: “Methane Leaks Plague Natural Gas Facilities—Why Are They So Underreported?”
Nov. 15, 2018: “World’s Largest Fracked-Gas-to-Methanol Refinery Must Be Stopped: Submit a Comment Today!”
Nov. 7, 2018: “Taxpayers may soon be on the hook for a $2 billion fracked gas refinery”
Oct. 31, 2018: “Tacoma and Tideflats’ future take center stage at LNG hearing, council meeting”
October 30, 2018: “Hundreds gather to speak during public hearing on proposed LNG plant”
Sept. 1, 2018: “The Oregon Department of Energy Recommends Denying Jordan Cove Liquified Natural Gas Project an Exemption”
July 19, 2018: “PSE’s gas plant studies have ‘significant technical issues,’ Puyallup tribe’s experts allege”
May 11, 2018: “Tacoma LNG plant has ‘potentially significant’ permitting issues. Opening could be delayed”
April 12, 2018: “A massive pipeline is being planned in Oregon. But local landowners won’t go down without a fight.”
March 8, 2018: “The Next Standing Rock? A Pipeline Battle Looms in Oregon”
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