Category: Regional News (PNW)

Millennium loses appeal over coal dock shorelines permit

FERC issues Alaska LNG EIS

Cryopeak LNG Solutions breaks ground on new LNG production facility

Regulators issue final Alaska LNG Project impact statement

US panel approves pipeline, natural gas terminal in Oregon (F the Feds, OR says NO!)

Federal regulators approve Jordan Cove LNG project in Coos Bay and 230 mile feeder pipeline

Opinion: Mass civil disobedience is our best tool for climate fight

State review of Kalama methanol plant may progress without second study

As U.S. coal plants shutter, Centralia tests an off-ramp

In Our View: Enough talk – time to act with coal in decline

First U.S. West Coast LNG Project Gets The Greenlight

Canada’s LNG dreams fade as blockades add new costs to industry

CN derailment spilled 40 tonnes of petroleum coke by creek in Fraser River watershed, B.C. government says

Canada’s Woodfibre LNG pushes back construction start

COVID-19 pandemic leads to delay of Woodfibre LNG project

Train that derailed near B.C. school was carrying extremely flammable propane: TSB

Appeals court supports tribal lawsuit over oil trains

Comments closed for updates to Alaska oil spill regulations

Case dropped against climate activists who blocked oil train

Multnomah County DA drops case against climate activists who blocked oil train

Readers respond: Zenith blockade was the right response

Panel delays vote on Oregon pipeline amid process issues

Coal states sue California cities and Washington state to force ports to ship exports

Bill to add federal protections to Puget Sound passes in U.S. House of Representatives

Case against 5 who built garden on train tracks to block oil train ends in mistrial

Oregon denies permit for pipeline before federal decision

Court upholds public records case ruling against Millennium

US panel delays vote on Oregon pipeline amid process issues

6 arrested at Seattle protest over B.C. pipeline

Mike Smyth: A wild day at the legislature as pipeline protests continue

Mike Smyth: Pipeline fight widens as protesters block B.C. ferry terminal

Mike Smyth: Pipeline supporters celebrate but the battles are not over

B.C. Premier says court rulings on pipelines should be respectedWUSS!!!!

Why Coastal GasLink says it rejected a pipeline route endorsed by Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs

Indigenous Community Opposing Canada Pipeline Launches Legal Challenge

Environmental activists protest at Port of Vancouver

Canada court clears way for pipeline, tankers in Washington waters

Trudeau pipeline wins in court, boosting Canadian oil sector

Canadian court rejects challenge to pipeline, tankers

Court dismisses court challenge to Trans Mountain pipeline

Oregon senator predicts court battle over pipeline proposal

Trump appointees weigh plan to build pipeline in Oregon

Marathon drops plan to export xylene

Energy firm withdraws permit application for Oregon pipeline

Lawsuit planned to stop Idaho-Wyoming natural gas pipeline

Trans Mountain Expansion Scores Big Win In Court

Is Jordan Cove LNG pipeline project stalled? Energy firm withdraws permit application.

New argument complicates Millennium’s return to court

Support grows for questions on methanol plant permit

NOAA issues opinion on Jordan Cove plan

Oregon regulators reject request for LNG project permit extension

State Sen. Braun knocks Inslee’s clean fuels plan, opposition to methanol project

State regulators reject request for permit extension from Jordan Cove LNG project

Facing denial, Jordan Cove LNG project withdraws application for key state permit

A big oil pipeline heads our way: Canada’s high court rebuffs B.C.

Energy firm withdraws permit application for Oregon pipeline

Work On Controversial Coastal GasLink Pipeline To Continue

LISTEN IN: What 2020 will mean for the Thin Green Line

Shell Is Selling Washington Refinery

Crews working to remove derailed BNSF train leaking fuel into Kootenai River

Alex Ramel: Bellingham green activist is new state legislator

NOAA: Minimal impact on wildlife in proposed gas project

Puget LNG to provide LNG fuel to Potelco, InfraSource vehicles

Puget LNG joins SGMF

Horgan says ‘rule of law applies,’ LNG pipeline will proceed despite protests

Work must stop on Trans Mountain, Site C, LNG pipeline until First Nations approval, UN committee says

Pro-LNG first nation hoping for a quick resolution to stand off between Wet’suwet’en and Coastal Gaslink

Top 5 topics from Sen. Wyden’s town hall in Eugene

Trans Mountain Expansion Scores Big Win In Court

Letters to The Province, Jan. 13, 2020: New and sustainable economy will result from transformation to clean energy

B.C. human rights commissioner calls on Canada to stop eviction of Wet’suwet’en people in pipeline standoff

Proposed Pioneer Square cruise terminal could help businesses, harm environment

Natural gas industry’s $1 million PR campaign sets up fight over Northwest’s energy future

2019 Sightline Report Update: Mapping BC’s LNG Proposals

Peter DeFazio announces opposition to Jordan Cove

Another Settlement Reached Over Columbia And Snake River Dams Leaking Oil

Port of Quincy to Expand its Intermodal Terminal in Central Washington

Trans Mountain Pipeline Makes Landmark Step Forward

Air agency approves Tacoma gas plant. Foes vow to fight on

Upon urging from youth activists, Tacoma City Council to vote on climate emergency

Tacoma liquefied natural gas site gains permit approval

Tacoma LNG project receives regulator emissions clearance

CER approves Kitimat LNG export application

Federal regulator approves expanded Kitimat LNG gas export licence

Cedar LNG steps ahead with impact assessment

Some leaking diesel fuel from train reaches Columbia River

Opinion: Brown needs to join urban and rural Oregonians in standing against Jordan Cove

Readers respond: Jordan Cove and pipeline are bad idea

Tribe, others decry Tacoma LNG ruling

Puyallup Tribe, environmental groups file two appeals against LNG permit

Port of Longview Commission OKs consultant contracts for rail expansion, Berth 4 projects

Ecology working on Kalama methanol plant emissions review

Washington’s Ecology director to step down at the end of the year

Environmental groups, Puyallup Tribe oppose permit approved for liquid natural gas facility

Why can’t Puyallup Tribe and Tacoma stand together on climate change? 3 letters: LNG

Local groups express disappointment in LNG decision; plans for appeal are in works

Tacoma LNG facility gains permit approval from clean air agency after long, hard fight

Tacoma liquefied natural gas site gains permit approval

Update: Train leaks 500 gallons of diesel in Tri-Cities. Some went into the Columbia River

Coal exports choked by green-minded towns on West Coast

Wyoming governor considers suing Washington over terminal

DA won’t file charges against pipeline protesters

No charges against Oregon pipeline protesters who occupied Gov. Kate Brown’s office, DA says

Washington state deals setback to plans for massive methanol plant on Columbia River, requires more environmental review

Oregon State Police Arrest 21 People Who Protested LNG Pipeline at State Capitol

Barge spills crude oil into Puget Sound

As climate warnings grow more dire, Oregon struggles to live up to emissions promises

Senator blasts Ecology over methanol plant decision

In Our View: Healthy skepticism over Kalama project wise

Letter: End methanol project in Kalama

Cowlitz County criticizes Ecology for methanol plant information request

Pipeline protesters at governor’s office arrested, released

Gas pipeline protesters sit-in in Oregon governor’s office

Lawsuit aims to kill stalled $2B methanol refinery project

Final environmental analysis of Jordan Cove project issued

Despite the talk of coal’s demise, it still powers the world

Small oil spill in bay at Anacortes refinery contained and nearly cleaned up, Ecology says

A small Washington town may build the world’s largest methanol plant, but do locals want it?

Portland considering revised policy to ban new fossil fuel terminals

Federal Environmental Impact Statement for Jordan Cove LNG remains deficient while required permit approvals still missing

Westshore Terminals Sees Highest Quarterly Coal Exports in Two Years

Canada’s Oil Giants Are Fed Up With Pipeline Delays

Kalama methanol plant: Jobs or clean air?

The Latest: Feds: No significant impact from gas pipeline

Kalama methanol plant: ‘Reject this project’

Kalama methanol refinery: Don’t hamper state’s climate goals

Big money influences two regional races as candidates debate fossil fuels, land use

Con: Kalama methanol plant has no place in Washington’s clean-energy future

Canadian gas drillers zero in on plan for floating LNG project

Portland denies added pipes at Willamette River oil terminal