Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub Public Hearing
This is our chance to reduce toxic fuels in Portland!
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This Land Is Native Land
Yakama Nation & Archaeology Southwest Honoring and Protecting Tribal Cultural Heritage In November 2025, Columbia Riverkeeper facilitated This Land Is Native Land, a powerful conversation about protecting and honoring Tribal … Read more
New Report on Renewable Diesel Production and Implications for the NEXT Refinery
By: Audrey Leonard, Staff Attorney At Columbia Riverkeeper, we look beyond industry promises to determine the real impacts, risks, and benefits of energy projects. The proposed NEXT refinery at Port … Read more
Implementing Oregon’s POWER Act
Columbia Riverkeeper advocates for responsible data center regulation to prevent these harms before they become unmanageable. Read more
No Underwater Power Line
A developer wants to bury a massive power line under the Columbia Read more
Pushing Back for Salmon
Return to Court over Columbia/Snake River Dams: Standing together for the Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement Read more
DEQ Got it Wrong: Approves Zenith’s Air Permit
By: Kate Murphy, Senior Community Organizer, Columbia Riverkeeper In a blow to public health and safety, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) approved Zenith Energy’s controversial air permit to … Read more
Stop Data Center Expansion
Big Tech’s Data Center Expansion Threatens Columbia and the Climate By: Kelly Campbell, Policy Director There was no escaping it. Even while on vacation this summer, every time I saw … Read more
Clean Water Victory!
Clean Water Act Victory! – North Star Casteel By Teryn Yazdani, Staff Attorney Earlier this summer, Columbia Riverkeeper finalized an agreement with North Star Casteel Products, Inc. (North Star) in … Read more
Hot Water and Harmful Algae
When hot water threatens people and fish, learn how Columbia Riverkeeper fights to protect the river! Read more
Stopping Tristar’s Expansion: Protecting Communities and the Columbia River
In Southwest Washington, Columbia Riverkeeper and our allies are working hard to protect families and the Columbia River from the growing risks of fossil fuel expansion. One major fight is happening in Vancouver, where Tristar Transload PNW, a petroleum-handling facility on the Columbia, has eyed expansion.
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