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Diesel

Renewable Fuels? We Need Some Standards!

September 25, 2022September 22, 2022 by Diana Meisenhelter

Renewable diesel is still diesel, with the known risks of spills, fires, seismic concerns and polluting emissions…

Tags City of Portland, CO2, Diesel, Renewable Diesel, Renewables Fuels

A Tale of Two Diesels

August 31, 2022 by Mark Darienzo

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. 

Tags Biodiesel, City of Portland, Diesel, Fossil Fuel Terminal Zoning Amendments, Fossil Fuels

Testify to Stop Port Westward Refinery 

April 28, 2022April 25, 2022 by Diana Meisenhelter
Image of a port in the lower Columbia River

 At 1.15 million tons of carbon pollution each year, the proposed renewable diesel refinery would be one of Oregon’s largest emitters of greenhouse gas pollution, mostly from fracked gas used to make hydrogen.

Tags Department of Environmental Quality, Diesel, Global Partners, greenhouse gas emissions, Pollution, Port Westward, Refinery

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