The Houston-based company, NEXT Renewables LLC Oregon is proposing to construct a major new refinery at Port Westward, near Clatskanie, on the Columbia. This project would immediately become one of Oregon’s top greenhouse gas polluters. The refinery would be one of the largest of its kind in North America.
Watch this 5-minute video from Barbara Bernstein for the basics of the NEXT proposal.
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The Rumble #17 Panel
Audrey Leonard-Staff Attorney with Columbia Riverkeeper
Barbara Bernstein-Media Gadabout, Host of KBOO Radio’s Locus Focus
Dan Serres–Advocacy Director with Columbia Riverkeeper
Since late 2022, Rumble On The River has presented sixteen free community forums in neighborhoods throughout Portland. The Rumble focus has been the Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) Hub. Rumbles bring together expert voices to lay out the potential hazards of having 90% of Oregon’s fuel and a mix of toxics stored within Portland’s city limits on a seismic liquefaction zone. Other forum topics have included Columbia & Willamette River ecosystems, false climate solutions to climate disruption, transportation, urban forestry, shade equity, risk-bonding, nuclear energy and salmon restoration.
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Rumble on the River Co-Sponsoring Organizations:
350 PDX
Alliance for Democracy
Arbor Lodge Neighborhood Association
Bernie PDX
Bird Alliance of Oregon
Braided River Campaign
Breach Collective
Cathedral Park Neighborhood Association
Columbia Riverkeeper
Community for Earth/First Unitarian Portland
Cully Association of Neighbors
EcoFaith Recovery
Extinction Rebellion-PDX
Havurah Climate Action Team
Human Access Project
KBOO Radio 90.7
Kenton Neighborhood Association
Leaven Community
Linnton Neighborhood Association
Mosquito Fleet
Mt Tabor Neighborhood Association
Neighbors for Clean Air
No More Freeways
OPAL-Environmental Justice Oregon
Oregon Chapter of the Sierra Club
Oregon Conservancy Foundation
Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
Pearl District Neighborhood Association
P.E.S.T. Projection
Portland Committee on Human Rights
for the Philippines
Portland Harbor Community Advisory Group
Portland Harbor Community Coalition
Portland Jobs with Justice
Portland Raging Grannies
Portland Youth Climate Strike
Portsmouth Neighborhood Association
St. Johns Neighborhood Association
Sauvie Island Community Association
Sunrise Movement PDX
Third Act Oregon
Willamette Riverkeeper
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