Autonomous Armeggedon

On Sunday, January 26, IPPNW, ICAN, and Pugwash hosted a webinar, “Autonomous Armageddon: Nuclear Weapons and AI“, to explore the alarming dangers posed by the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into nuclear weapons systems. Watch the recording using this link.

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Gov. Kotek and DEQ Cave to Pressure from Betsy Johnson and Building Trades, Approve Massive Refinery along the Columbia River

On January 7th, 2025 the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) caved to pressure and granted NXT "Clean" Fuels a water quality certification to expand their dirty diesel infrastructure to the Columbia River Estuary. With this certification DEQ and Oregon Governor Tina Kotek are allowing NXT to build a nonconventional diesel and aviation fuel refinery near Clatskine. Oregon PSR along with many close partners have been advocating against this project due to the massive dangers it poses to human and environmental health. 

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Deny Zenith's Land Use Compatibility Statement

Original photo by Mark Graves/Oregonian

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In the News: Protect the Columbia Estuary from Fuel Refinery

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In the News: NW Natural’s hidden hydrogen experiment puts Portland residents at risk

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Post-Election Statement

Dear Oregon PSR Community, 

This post-election period is a challenging time for many, filling us with grief and anxiety for what our future holds. Today, we reach out to validate this collective despair, a numbing shock resulting from the national election results. We encourage you to breathe  - and to nourish yourself and each other. Then, once again, we will find ourselves in a place that calls us to act and organize as a community against weaponized fear, violent prejudice, vast income inequality, and alienation.

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Zenith Air Permit Hearing Postponed

Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has announced that they are cancelling the November 19th and December 4th hearing for Texas based Zenith Energy's air quality permit. DEQ says that after receiving questions and concerns from community members (that's us and our partners!) they have determined they need more information from Zenith before continuing with the hearings. 

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Reworld (Covanta) Marion Plans to Close Oregon Incinerator End of Year

Reworld Marion, previously knows as Covanta Marion, announced that will be ceasing operations at their Oregon incinerator facility along with the last two mass burn facilities in California by December 31, 2024. This is a huge win for Oregon PSR! We have been working for over 10 years to expose the realities of potential health risks from air toxins, green washing of waste-to-energy incinerator campaigns (which U.S. Environmental Protection Agency data says produces more pollution and global warming emissions per unit of electricity produced than coal-fired power plants), and the environmental racism around incinerators locations (Energy Justice Network). All of our hard work will pay off on December 31st, when Reworld intends to close their mass burn facility in Marion County, Oregon.

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In the News: In a First, a Gas Utility Is Sued Over Its Role in Global Warming - NYTimes

Oregon PSR and environmental justice advocates within Multnomah County have worked tirelessly to hold polluters accountable for their contributions to the climate crisis. Due to this work, Multnomah County has brought a lawsuit against major polluters such as Exxon Mobil and Shell, consultant agency McKenzie, and PNW gas utility NW Natural, along with the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine (OISM) - a non-profit research group. The quit alleges that the knew about the impacts of fossil fuels on the climate crisis and intentionally led marketing and educational campaigns that fed misinformation to the public. Specifically, the suit highlights that OISM led the misinformation campaigns with funding from Exxon and other fossil fuel companies. 

You can read the full article here.

This article was originally published in the New York Times on October 10, 2024 by Karen Zraick. 

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In the News: Multnomah County adds NW Natural, Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine to climate lawsuit

Multnomah County filed a lawsuit against the world’s largest oil companies June 22, 2023. The lawsuit seeks $52 million in actual damages during Oregon’s 2021 heat dome, $50 million for climate mitigation efforts, and $1.5 billion in future damages due to climate change. (Photo by Jeremiah Hayden)
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