Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility

Rumble On The River community forums bring together expert voices to explain the risks of having 90% of Oregon’s fuel stored within city limits. The Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) Hub, a 6-mile stretch of aging tank farms, including Zenith Energy’s oil facility, stands on a seismic liquefaction zone in the Lower Willamette. This has the potential for a Deepwater Horizon level spill right on Portland’s riverfront.

Twenty-eight neighborhood, faith-based, climate justice and environmental advocacy organizations sponsor this series of free forums to increase public awareness and to seek solutions to the health, safety and seismic risks associated with the CEI Hub and Zenith Energy. 

The Panel

Jay Wilson – Past Chair, Oregon Seismic Safety Policy Advisory Commission;

Former Resilience Fellow, National Institute for Standards and Technology

Sterling Stokes – Campaign Manager with Portland Harbor Community Coalition 

Dan Serres – Conservation Director with Columbia Riverkeeper 

Ben Stevenson – Climate Justice Organizer with Sunrise Movement PDX. Student

Moderator: Margaret Butler – Grassroots Climate Organizer/Former Union Organizer & President of Portland Jobs with Justice

Background 

• Jay Wilson’s CEI Hub GoogleEarth Flyover Video   More here.
• Background on the Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub and Zenith Energy: "Once A Braided River", an audio documentary by Barbara Bernstein  
• The Multnomah County Commission contracted EcoNorthwest to study the “Impacts of Fuel Releases from the CEI Hub”. Here is the executive summary  of the report issued in Feb 2022