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Riverkeeper and partners intervene to support State of Oregon’s decision to deny key permit for Ambre Energy’s coal export terminal

The Washington Department of Ecology agreed to allow a three-month extension to complete waste removal from the leaking double-shell tank AY-102 at the Hanford nuclear site. Moving the deadline will allow the U.S.

STUDY SHOWS ALARMING LEVELS OF TOXICS IN COLUMBIA RIVER FISH

Data on Fish Consumed by Ethnic Communities Sheds Light on Environmental Justice Issue

On a warm morning on Saturday, September 14, dozens of Columbia County residents took over public greenspace between the Portland & Western (P&W) railroad and Highway 30 in St. Helens, Oregon with colorful signs opposing dangerous oil trains through their communities.

"The oil transfer terminal at Port Westward has far-reaching consequences for Oregon and beyond"

By Jim Lichatowich

Toxic flame retardants have been turning up in our waterways since at least 1981 when scientists discovered the persistent toxic compounds known as PBDEs polluting a Swedish river.

Power Past Coal Statement re: Army Corps Stops Permitting Process for Ambre Energy’s Morrow Pacific Coal Export Terminal

Decision deals another heavy blow to coal exports in state, continuing a regional trend

Oregon’s Land Use Board of Appeals Rejects Efforts to Significantly Increase Industrial Land along the Columbia River Targeted for Crude Oil, Coal Export Projects