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El Salmón Y Las Llantas Para Autos

Durante décadas, los investigadores se han preocupado por un fenómeno alarmante en los arroyos del área de Seattle en Puget Sound: una gran proporción de salmones coho adultos mueren antes de tener la oportunidad de desovar. Read more

Perspectives

Samantha Redheart STEM Coordinator with Yakama Nation Environmental Restoration Waste Management Program shares her connection to Hanford. Read more

Frequently Asked Questions about NEXT

The refinery would be one of the largest producers of non-conventional diesel on the West Coast. NEXT could make diesel from things like seed oils, animal fats, fish waste, or waste cooking oil, rather than petroleum crude oil.  Read more

Big Win for Farmers and Clean Water

Oregon’s Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) overturned Columbia County’s approval of a 400-car rail yard that would have served an unconventional diesel refinery along the lower Columbia. Read more

NEXT’s application materials were riddled with inconsistencies

On September 6, 2022, the Oregon ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) denied NEXT Renewables LLC’s (NEXT) application for a Clean Water Act section 401 water quality permit. NEXT sought the permit as part of a plan to build a so-called “renewable” diesel refinery near Clatskanie, OR.  Read more

Tank Leaks Show Additional Resources Needed at Hanford

Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Energy and the Washington Department of Ecology announced an agreement, which begins to address two of Hanford’s leaking tanks, B-109 and T-111. The agreement made headlines, but does it make real progress? Read more