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In the mid-2000s, Western nations, led by the United States, began drafting

environmental laws that encouraged the use of vegetable oil in fuels. But

this ambitious move to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and curb global

warming, had unforeseen consequences. Warnings that t...

In the mid-2000s, Western nations, led by the United States, began drafting

environmental laws that encouraged the use of vegetable oil in fuels. But

this ambitious move to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and curb global

warming, had unforeseen consequences. Warnings that t...

For more than 14 years, southern Oregon communities have been fighting a

proposal to build a 229-mile Pacific Connector fracked gas pipeline that

would cross more than 400 rivers and streams on its way across Southern

Oregon and the Jordan Cove LNG export terminal at the Po...

For more than 14 years, southern Oregon communities have been fighting a

proposal to build a 229-mile Pacific Connector fracked gas pipeline that

would cross more than 400 rivers and streams on its way across Southern

Oregon and the Jordan Cove LNG export terminal at the Po...

Two years ago, shortly after Donald Trump was elected president, Eric de

Place with Sightline Institute wrote to his friends and colleagues: "I want

you to write down your predictions for the future. It’s conventional wisdom

that the Trump presidency will yield unusual even...

As another endless and virulent fire season takes a breather, the U.S.

Forest Service is still spending inordinate amounts of money suppressing

remote wild land fires, which in many cases are better allowed to burn

themselves out. According to Timothy Ingalsbee, Executive D...

Last week over 1,000 people from across the Pacific Northwest attended a

public hearing in Longview, Washington, to comment on the draft supplemental

environmental impact statement for the world’s largest methanol refinery,

proposed for the Port of Kalama. Project supporter...

The United States Department of Energy wants to reclassify 70,000 gallons of

high-level nuclear waste in a cluster of tanks near the Columbia River.

DOE’s proposal seeks to reclassify the pollution as low-level waste so that

DOE can fill the tanks with grout and leave the w...

The push for massive fracked gas projects continues to put pressure on

communities across the Pacific Northwest. Last month there was a public

hearing in Tacoma, where the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency took public

comments on Puget Sound Energy's proposed hybrid LNG fuel hub...

On November 13, a report  written by the company proposing the world’s

largest fracked-gas-to-methanol refinery was released by the Port of Kalama

and Cowlitz County, WA. The proposed fossil fuel refinery at the Port of

Kalama in Southwest Washington is controversial becaus...