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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of methane (AKA natural gas) that would be associated with the Kalama facility due to increased fracking and relies on outdated metrics that underestimate the climate-disrupting impact of methane.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.
Subject:
Public Comment on Kalama Methanol Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

To:
Dear Governor Inslee
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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350PDX is in the Give!Guide

November 1, 2018/in News /by Ashley Weatherspoon

350PDX is excited to announce that for the fourth year we are participating alongside 150 Portland based non-profits in the Give!Guide.

From now until December 31st you can donate directly to 350PDX through the Give!Guide.

What is the Give!Guide? It’s Portland’s easiest path to year-end giving. G!G showcases small, medium and large organizations whose missions fall into eight categories: Animals, Civil & Human Rights, Community, Creative Expression, Education, Environment, Health and Human Services.

In 14 years, G!G has raised over $24 million for hundreds of local nonprofits. Last year, WW readers gave nearly $4.2 million to 150 Portland organizations and the Oregon Cultural Trust.

Donate to 350PDX through the G!G Today!

What’s in it for our donors?

350PDX and its business partners will be providing the following incentives for G!G donors who give to 350PDX:

All Donors will receive a bag of bagel chips from Spielman’s Bagels. (G!G donations Only)
All Donors aged 35 and under will receive a bag of UMI Organic Ramen Noodles – first 10 donors will also receive Umi organic sauce! (G!G Donations Only)
Donors of $100 will be entered in a raffle for one magnum of wine and a tasting/tour at Winderlea Winery and Vineyard
Donors of $250 or more will be entered into a raffle for a vacation home weekend in Bend!
Match up to $1000 in funding from Trillium Investment

G!G are providing the following incentives for donors who give to any G!G non-profit:

Donors of $10 or more – Home delivery of Widmer Brothers Beer, KIND Bars, a free Washman carwash, a Chinook Book Download code, and more
Donors of $1,000 – $2,499 and live in the Portland metro area will receive incentive bags full of local goods delivered directly to their home by G!G nonprofits. Donors can also pick up their incentive bags, either out of preference or because they are located outside of the Portland metro area.
Donors of $2500 – $4,999 – Nossa Familia Coffee, Bob’s Red Mill steelcut oats, A to Z Wineworks Bubbles, Guayaki Yerba Mate and more
Donors of $5,000+ – Home delivery by Mark Zusman or Richard Meeker [co-owners of the Willamette Week] of everything in the $2,500-$4,999 bag, plus a bag of Jasmine Pearl Tea Company tea and more

There will be a chance to win even more goodies by giving on Big Give Days which will happen almost every week through Dec. 31st.

November 8th – A chance to win a $500 shopping spree at Powell’s Books
November 14th – A Tender Loving Empire gift packages + a year’s supply of Laughing Planet (Each TLE package includes four brand new records, a TLE mixtape, a $100 shopping spree, a comfy t shirt, a mug, and more)
November 26th – Two nights at Brasada Ranch in a luxury suite and a round of golf
December 6th – Two Sony RX 100 VA Cameras from Pro Photo Supply
December 13 -2 Tickets (with parking) to Dec. 19th , 2018 Portland Trailblazers vs. Memphis Grizzlies game and Jan. 9th, 2019 Trailblazers vs. Chicago Bulls game; plus a jersey signed by Jusuf Nurkic
December 20th – One Specialized FX 1 Commuter Bike from Bike Gallery
December 27th – One Cultural Adventure Package Across Oregon from the Oregon Cultural Trust

It is because of our generous donors that we are able to magnify the reach of our message of fighting climate injustices and maximize the potential our dedicated foundation of volunteers. Thank you to our business partners for providing these incentives for our donors and to the Give Guide for allowing us to reach a broader audience.

Click here donate to 350PDX through the Give!Guide today.

The EPA wants to scrap coal and emissions standards – here’s how to say NO!

October 26, 2018/in Announcements /by Chris Palmer

No automatic alt text available. On Tuesday 23rd October, the Oregon DEQ held a public hearing that was a rare opportunity for Oregonians to comment on changes the EPA is proposing to standards for national automobile fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants.

Three folks from 350PDX testified against these changes (see their comments below), and until the following dates you can submit comments too!

The Safer Affordable Fuel Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Proposed Rule for Model Years 2021-2026 (website here) – Comment Due 26th October 2018
- a. Online: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and follow the instructions for submitting comments to EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0283.
- b. Email: Comments may be sent to a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov. Include Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0283 in the subject line of the message.

Proposal: Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Rule (website here) – Comment Due 31st October 2018
- a. Online: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and follow the instructions for submitting comments to EPA-HQ-OAR-2017-0355.
- b. Email: Comments may be sent to a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov. Include Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2017-0355 in the subject line of the message.

See some talking points here: https://docs.google.com/…/1mYOlgTwArqssSFT0mxsgj3nvfUJ…/edit

Or take inspiration from the wonderful testifiers below.

Brooke

“Give the EPA a piece of your mind ASAP!

That’s what I did Tuesday night at a public hearing on EPA rollbacks of vehicle and coal plant emissions standards. I was nervous to get up and speak, but after listening to 10 year girl say “It’s scary thinking when I grow up it won’t be safe anymore,” that was it for me. So, I just told it like it is: the EPA’s new rules will increase greenhouse gas emissions, which will exacerbate climate change and harm our health and environment. As you can imagine, the EPA doesn’t want to hear what people think about their proposed rules, and that’s exactly why you should speak up. You still have a tiny window of time to give them the what for. How to comment? Go to the bottom of this document from Neighbors for Clean Air for helpful talking points and the links to submit comments about vehicle emissions rules (SAFE) byOctober 26 and comments about the coal plant standards rule by October 31.”