Another Bad Idea for the Columbia River Ecosystem
The Houston-based company, NEXT Renewables LLC Oregon is proposing to construct a major new renewable diesel refinery at Port Westward, near Clatskanie, on the Columbia. This project would immediately become one of Oregon’s top greenhouse gas polluters. The refinery would be one of the largest of its kind in North America.
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
7:00 – 8:00 PM
Register HERE to join the Rumble Webinar
Watch this 5-minute video from Barbara Bernstein for the basics of the NEXT proposal.
The Rumble #17 Panel
Audrey Leonard-Staff Attorney with Columbia Riverkeeper
Barbara Bernstein-Media Gadabout, Host of KBOO Radio’s Locus Focus
Dan Serres–Advocacy Director with Columbia Riverkeeper
Join us to learn more about the NEXT project proposal and collect comment-writing tips. DEQ’s Public Comment Period for NEXT’s 401 Water Quality Permit is open now through 5:00 pm on October 25th.
Since late 2022, Rumble On The River has presented sixteen free community forums in neighborhoods throughout Portland. The Rumble focus has been the Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) Hub. Rumbles bring together expert voices to lay out the potential hazards of having 90% of Oregon’s fuel and a mix of toxics stored within Portland’s city limits on a seismic liquefaction zone. Other forum topics have included Columbia & Willamette River ecosystems, false climate solutions to climate disruption, transportation, urban forestry, shade equity, risk-bonding, nuclear energy and salmon restoration.
