RE: Zenith’s 2022 LUCSDear Commissioner Dan Ryan,cc: Mayor Ted Wheeler, Portland City Council, Bureau of Development Services We are writing on behalf of a coalition of environmental groups in the Portland area toexpress our serious … Read more
Relying only on a promise that FIVE years from now, and more than 7 years on from Portland’s Climate Emergency Declaration, Zenith would be transporting 100% renewable fuels, the Bureau of Development Services agreed that continuing to transship fuels from dangerous oil trains running through the Columbia River Gorge and Portland neighborhoods is actually a “compatible” use of the land between the Willamette River and Forest Park.
The City needs to stay strong and not grant Zenith the LUCS that it wants. Train watching in the spring showed that the vast majority (95%+) of the trains at Zenith were carrying crude oil, not renewable diesel.
Renewable diesel is still diesel, with the known risks of spills, fires, seismic concerns and polluting emissions…
given the uncertainty about the benefits of renewable diesel, a skeptical voice needs to be raised and the precautionary principle applied. Renewable diesel is only a short-term solution that contains several potential negative consequences.
or both climate and public health, businesses and industry should not get off the hook for the next 10 years with no expected reductions in emissions
his climate workplan must be improved before the actual vote on August 24. Then make it happen, with funding and cooperation.
For the sake of future generations and all the others we share this planet with you must do what your document starts with and act like we are living in a climate emergency, but really act, backed with big chunks of the budget, not teeny-tiny crumbs.
On June 30, several XRPDX members, along with our allies in Breach Collective, Oregon PSR and others, testified via zoom to the City Council (minus Commissioner Hardesty) on the need to approve and implement the … Read more
Yep, as long as folks don’t get together and demand annual emission reductions then I’ve got it made in the shade, especially since this town is just filled with heat islands