On Thursday, March 28th, the Oregon Supreme Court reaffirmed Clatsop County's right to make an important decision about the Oregon LNG project. In 2011, after hearing hours of testimony from Columbia Riverkeeper, local residents, landowners near the proposed Oregon LNG pipeline, and forest advocates, the Clatsop County Board of Commissioners rejected the Oregon LNG project. Oregon LNG took the extraordinary step of trying to block the County's decision, and their long-shot legal challenge finally failed this week. The Supreme Court's ruling upholds the County's right to make a final decision in the coming months, and it represents a big victory for the residents of Clatsop County and beyond who have opposed the Oregon LNG project for years.
Read Riverkeeper's press release.
Read coverage from The Daily Astorian.
