Locus Focus

Recent comments by John Hess, CEO of Hess Corporation, offer a rare

acknowledgement from within the U.S. oil & gas industry that the “shale

revolution” may not have staying power. Speaking at the Argus Americas

Crude Summit in Houston, Texas, Hess warned that “production in...

On February 19, the State of Oregon denied the coastal zone permit for Jordan

Cove LNG! This is the THIRD critical state permit for which Jordan Cove LNG

has failed to qualify. The Oregon Department of Land Conservation and

Development (DLCD) said that Jordan Cove LNG would...

Five XR PDX climate activists are going to trial on Monday, February 24th, at

the Multnomah County Courthouse for allegedly building a

victory-over-climate-change garden on the railroad yard and track at Zenith

Energy Corporation. The defendants’ criminal charges of trespas...

In recent weeks there have been interesting developments with two fracked gas

projects in the Northwest. In December the Washington State Department of

Ecology (DOE) rejected the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

(FSEIS) that Northwest Innovation Works (NWIW...

For several years we have been following the long and twisted tale of the

Jordan Cove LNG export facility proposed for Coos Bay and its companion

Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline, which would snake across much of Southern

Oregon, carrying fracked gas to Jordan Cove. In the pa...

For over fifteen years people across Southern Oregon have been living with

the specter of the Jordan Cove LNG export facility and Pacific Connector Gas

Pipeline haunting their lives. Tens of thousands of people have raised their

voices in opposition to this project which th...

Organizing around food can address the intersection of many critical social

justice issues and transform communities. In his new book, Food Town USA:

Seven Unlikely Cities That are Changing the Way We Eat, food writer Mark

Winne invites readers on a tour of America’s most s...

This past year was a rollercoaster ride for communities across the Northwest

fighting major fracked gas infrastructure projects. On the one hand,

scientifically-baseless environment impact statements were submitted for

Kalama Methanol and approved for Tacoma LNG. On the oth...

Communities and countries around the world are now declaring that we are in a

climate emergency. Most of these declarations focus on reducing greenhouse

gas emissions and the more comprehensive resolutions also call for a just

transition, meaning that frontline communities ...

Nearly four years ago, as they were defeating the world's largest methanol

refinery proposed for their port, activists in Tacoma found out that a large

Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) distribution hub and storage facility was also being

planned at the Port. Once they defeated the ...