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Several years ago NEXT Energy (now NXT) proposed to build a renewable diesel refinery and rail yard at Port Westward, a spectacular point of land protruding into the Columbia River Estuary near the town of Clatskanie. The proposal was enthusiastically supported by the Port of Columbia County and some business interests in Clatskanie and vehemently opposed by farmers and other

On Sunday, Feb. 4, Atonement Lutheran Church in Newport served as a local hub for the Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon’s 11th annual Oregon Interfaith Earth Summit occurring throughout Oregon. Gathering

The Gas Transmission Northwest Xpress project seemed noncontroversial to TC Energy when the Canadian energy company first proposed it to regulators in October 2021.

Before the Hanford Nuclear Reservation was created, since time immemorial this extraordinary bend in the Columbia River was a vital and sacred place to the Confederated Tribes and Bands of Yakama Nation, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Nez Perce Tribe, and the Wanapum. During World War II, these lands were snatched from the tribes to produce

NEXT Renewables has withdrawn its application for the addition of a railyard to the diesel refinery at Port Westward.

A new look at clean-energy jobs in the U.S. shows growth in Illinois and the prospect of greater gains in the future. The Department of Energy recently released its annual U.S. ...

With air quality an ongoing concern in New Madrid County, advocates are encouraging the local electric provider to seek federal funding. In recent weeks, Gov. Mike Parson vetoed a bill which would have provided an $8.5 million no-interest loan to Magnitude 7 Metals, an aluminum smelter in New Madrid County. ...

People opposed to expanding a fracked gas pipeline in the Northwest are pointing to the explosion of a pipeline in Virginia as another reason to reject the project. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will decide tomorrow whether to approve expansion of Gas Transmission Northwest, or GTN Xpress, which moves fracked gas from Canada to California. On Tuesday, a pipeline owned by the company behind GTN Xpress, TC Energy, ruptured and caught fire 80 miles from Washington, D.C., causing the cl...

The Bureau of Land Management wants to cut leasing rates by 80% for wind and solar projects on public lands, and streamline the application process, in an effort to meet increasing demand for clean energy. Bobby McEnaney - dirty energy project director with the Natural Resources Defense Council - said the new rules will create a system that allows public input, and ensure that investments in wind and solar will benefit communities. "Wyoming has some of the best wind resources in the ...

To remove the radionuclide strontium from groundwater at Hanford would push it into the nearby Columbia River.