Adah Crandall’s Speech at Zenith
When we harness the power of our communities, we ARE more powerful than Zenith and our climate chaos-causing status quo.
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“Zenith 5” Defendants Jan Zuckerman and Margaret Butler: Remarks at Zenith
If giant fossil fuel corporations using dozens of acres for their industry, providing few jobs, are not what we want on our river, then we must demand that the zoning laws change so we can begin the work of co-creating a green working waterfront that doesn’t kill us.
Zenith Energy: A Timeline of Deception and Expansion
December 2017: Zenith moves into the Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub in Portland, transporting crude oil, about 12 tank cars per day, under an expired air quality permit. Late 2018: Zenith is unloading up to 44 … Read more
Doom or Bloom? Zenith Energy Protest, June 4
Extinction Rebellion PDX will protest Zenith Energy’s continued operation at their transshipment facility, gathering at Highway 30 and Kittredge at noon on June 4, then marching half a mile to Zenith’s front gate at 5501 … Read more
Zenith: LUBA Decides, Climate Activists Rally
On Friday, February 4, XRPDX folks and other climate activists issued an Eviction Notice to Zenith in a lively rally.
Stop Zenith Oil Updates
Zenith continues to operate while it waits for the ruling from the Land Use Board of Appeals. We will continue to tell Zenith they are not welcome here…
No LUCS for Zenith!
Leading up to Earth Day 2019, Extinction Rebellion PDX and other climate activists started the fight against tar sands exports from Portland—with 18 of us getting arrested on Zenith’s oil tanker train tracks. After years … Read more
Report Back: Oregon DEQ Public Hearing on Zenith
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)’s public hearing about Zenith Energy took place on Zoom on August 10th. (Strangely, it was not recorded.) The majority of the meeting was about the water quality permit … Read more
Just Say No to Zenith Oil
Zenith Energy ships some of the dirtiest oil on the planet by rail through Portland — mainly through low income neighborhoods — and loads that oil onto tanker ships at a facility built on an … Read more
Critical Push to Demand the City of Portland Deny Zenith LUCS permit
By Diana Meisenhelter and Janet Weil Triple-digit heat domes and early wildfires underline the critical importance of the City of Portland needing to show some courage: stand up to Zenith and denying a land use … Read more