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Clean Energy Jobs Lobby Day 2019

January 11, 2019/in Announcements, State Legislation /by Chris Palmer

CLEAN ENERGY JOBS LOBBY DAY & NOON RALLY

Oregon State Capitol, Salem Feb. 6TH, 2019 9 am – 4 pm

THE BILL

Clean Energy Jobs is a policy to put a limit and price on climate pollution from the largest polluters in the state. It will secure greenhouse gas reductions and reinvestment into communities across Oregon to create clean energy jobs and a thriving economy, especially in communities that need it most.

THE RALLY & LOBBY DAY

On Feb. 6th, we’ll show legislators massive support for the Clean Energy Jobs bill. A big rally at noon and then meetings with legislators to give them the courage to stand up to industry and pass a bill to make Oregon a leader in protecting the climate.

WHAT YOU CAN DO

RSVP for Clean Energy Jobs Lobby Day on the Renew Oregon website. You can also arrange a carpool ride, or to drive. Renew Oregon and the Oregon League of Conservation Voters can arrange for you to talk directly to your legislators with other constituents that same day. They will even provide lunch!

GO TO THE RALLY AT NOON EVEN IF YOU CAN”T MAKE THE ENTIRE SESSION!!

Schedule:

9:00 AM Registration opens on the first floor of the Elsinore Theatre, 170 High St SE, Salem, OR 97301. (breakfast provided)

10:00 AM Program begins

(Lunch will be provided)

12:00 PM Rally at the capitol steps

12:45 – 4:30 PM Lobby meetings or sooner if your last meeting ends earlier.

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Donate for Deliciousness

December 29, 2018/in Announcements /by Ashley Weatherspoon

In support of 350PDX, local businesses Spielman Bagels and Umi Organic are graciously offering incentives for donors who give through the Give!Guide by December 31st!

Everyone who donates to 350PDX through the Give!Guide, will receive a 5oz bag of Spielman Bagel Chips.

After 18 years roasting coffee, Rick Spielman went into business with his son Raf, developing a unique “Portland-style” bagel. A sourdough start gives these kettle-boiled bagels a tartness that is balanced with milk and honey and a perfectly textured center. Their bagel chips are made from the same sourdough bagels that made Spielman a local favorite, lightly seasoned with Portland’s own Jacobson salt. And while the bagels have taken off, the Spielman’s have remain true to their roots and continue to roast a great cup of coffee.

Spielman has been a dominant force in Portland’s ever-expanding bagel scene, earning accolades from Portland Monthly, Eater, and The Willamette Week. Starting in 2011 from a single shop on SE Division, Spielman has expanded to three locations, each serving shade-grown coffee and a variety of schmears and sandwiches. Their bagels and chips are also available in coffee shops and restaurants throughout the city.

As a special incentive for donors under 35, Umi Organic will provide a box of their delicious organic noodles. The first ten 35 and under donors will also receive a packet of Umi Organic Sauce.

Umi began when Lola Millholland was working as a journalist and took a week-long noodle making workshop with ramen companies from around the world. She followed her passion for Japanese culture and food advocacy, delivering Portland a top-notch, springy noodle that is organically grown and ethically produced.

The team at Umi isn’t just making noodles, they are building a food production system with a deep respect for both the environment and the people who work to transform wheat and barley into the food on your plate. Along with Lola, Umi is spearheaded by Ayla Ercin, a former wall street lawyer who is committed to creating healthy workplace cultures and Theresa Marquez, a 40-year veteran of the natural foods industry.

Umi noodles are high-quality restaurant-quality refrigerator noodles that cook up in 2 minutes, serving as a quick and easy base for any meal. Their noodles are created with only six ingredients, organic wheat, organic barley, water, sea salt, organic wheat gluten, and kansu – a combination of mineral salts that gives ramen noodles their springy texture.

Support 350PDX in the Give!Guide today to receive these incentives, plus chances to win more!

Send a comment to Oregon Department of State Lands to Stop Jordan Cove!

December 11, 2018/in News /by Chris Palmer

On December 6, 2018, the Oregon Department of State Lands opened up a 60-day public comment period on a critical permit needed to construct the 229 mile Pacific Connector fracked gas pipeline and the Jordan Cove LNG export terminal. Take action today to stop Oregon from becoming a fracked gas export hub by letting Oregon DSL know why you oppose the Jordan Cove project.

As well as filling in a comment below, join us in Salem on Tuesday, Jan. 15 from 5:30 - 8 pm for a chance to submit public comments directly to Kate Brown and the Department of State Lands hearing.

The 3,662(!!!) page Removal-Fill permit application can be found here, or see below for the main talking points we've identified.
Talking Points
Construction of the Jordan Cove LNG terminal and pipeline will harm clean water, fishing, navigation, and public recreation by:
Subject:
Jordan Cove LNG DSL Fill and Removal Permit Application APP0060697

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Oregon Department of State Lands
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Building the Jordan Cove LNG export facility and the Pacific Connector fracked gas pipeline is the wrong direction for our safety, rivers, and climate.

I strongly oppose the Jordan Cove Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and Pacific Connector Pipeline proposed project (DSL Application Number APP0060697) and request that the Oregon Department of State Lands (DSL) deny the removal-fill permit because the proposed activities would likely harm Oregon’s water resources, fishing, navigation, and public recreation as well as increase risks to public health and safety.

Construction of the LNG export terminal and the 229-mile pipeline would impact more than 485 rivers and streams, including the Klamath, Rogue, Umpqua, Coos, and Coquille Rivers. At each place where the 36-inch pipeline crosses waterways, the construction will harm habitat for fish and pollute clean water. The project would also require dredging out and fundamentally re-shaping the Coos Bay estuary.

Construction of the Jordan Cove LNG terminal and pipeline will harm clean water, fishing, navigation, and public recreation by:
Oregon DSL should deny the removal-fill permit because Jordan Cove has failed to demonstrate that the project is consistent with the protection, conservation, and best use of Oregon’s waterways.

Further, Oregon DSL should deny the removal-fill permit because Jordan Cove LNG has failed to demonstrate that the project will not interfere with public health and safety. Dredging out Coos Bay will allow more water to move more quickly in the event of a tsunami, increasing risks to local communities. The export terminal would put thousands of Coos County residents in a hazardous burn zone, while the gas pipeline would cross some of Oregon’s most fire-prone forests.
I strongly oppose this project and the Oregon Department of State Lands should deny Jordan Cove's removal-fill permit application.
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Submit a Public Comment on Kalama’s Methanol Refinery

November 15, 2018/in News /by Chris Palmer

Fight Fracked Gas! Protect the Climate!

The world’s largest fracked gas-to-methanol refinery threatens the Columbia River and the community of Kalama, Washington just 30 miles north of Portland. The facility would lock the Pacific Northwest into decades of using dirty fracked gas at a time when we need to transition to clean energy.
The good news: You can protect our climate and the Columbia. A critical public comment period is open now on the supplemental environmental review of the Kalama fracked gas-to-methanol refinery.

The 241 page Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) can be found here, or see below for the main talking points we've identified.
Talking Points
- Unbelievably, the DSEIS concludes that the fracked gas to methanol refinery would result in a net climate benefit, stating that the facility in Kalama will replace coal-based methanol production in China. To reach this conclusion the report relies on a series of questionable assumptions about global methanol markets, energy commodity prices, Chinese government policy, and U.S-China trade relations.
- The DSEIS underestimates the amount of methane (AKA natural gas) that would be associated with the Kalama facility due to increased fracking and relies on outdated metrics that underestimate the climate-disrupting impact of methane.
- The DSEIS ignores or downplays multiple comprehensive studies finding a significantly higher methane-leakage rate than the report relies on and, in turn, underestimates the climate impacts of extracting and transporting the gas that will be processed at the facility.
- The report primarily assumes that gas will be purchased from British Columbia rather than the U.S. for the lifetime of the project, and fails to properly evaluate the climate impacts of fracking if the company relies on fracked gas from the U.S. rather than Canada in the future.
- The DSEIS does not properly account for the greenhouse gas impacts of methanol as a fuel source, a probable use of the methanol produced in Kalama.
For more background on the Kalama proposed Methanol Plant click here.
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Public Comment on Kalama Methanol Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

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CC: Port of Kalama and Washington Department of Ecology,
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Governor Inslee, Port of Kalama, and Washington Department of Ecology:

Building the world’s largest fracked gas-to-methanol refinery in Kalama, Washington, is the wrong direction for our safety, river, and climate. This facility undercuts Washington’s commitment to take meaningful and necessary action on climate change.
The draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) grossly misrepresents and underestimates the staggering climate pollution from Northwest Innovation Works’ proposed petrochemical refinery.
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