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While Oregonians were fighting to stop the behemoth Pacific Connector Gas
Pipeline and Jordan Cove LNG Terminal in Southern Oregon, communities in
Virginia were facing a similar struggle to stop an even larger and longer
pipeline that would have crossed the Blue Ridge Mount...

Drax, a major British global manufacturer of wood pellets for bioenergy,
plans to build an industrial-scale wood pellet plant in Longview,
Washington.. The proposed siting of the Longview facility, along with two
proposed two large biomass mills in California, would mark a ...

We are at the precipice of a climate emergency. If we do not seriously begin
to cut our carbon emissions now we will be entering an uncharted territory of
climate chaos. But instead of accelerating the adoption of verified and
trusted climate solutions, governments and indu...

The Willamette River Basin once supported tremendous salmon runs. Today, less
than 10,000 wild Chinook salmon return each year to the Upper Willamette
River basin, approximately a 97% reduction of the historic estimates. And one
of the main culprits for the threatened extin...

After promising to ditch crude oil, documents show that Zenith Energy
intends to expand its Portland, OR, terminal while continuing to handle
fossil fuels. The amount of liquid fuels passing through the terminal is
projected to increase more than 2.5 times above 2022 levels...

Woody Biomass is being promoted as a carbon neutral climate solution.
Proposals for industrial scale wood pellet projects are popping up in
California and Washington State, that claim they will help to protect forests
and benefit rural communities—as well as combat climate ...