For nearly 7 years, 350PDX and community members across the city and region have been opposing Zenith Energy: a Houston-based oil company that’s been transporting 300 million barrels of crude oil annually through our community to their storage terminal in NW Portland in the Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) Hub since it bought the facility in late 2017. Together we’ve rallied, called, wrote, built a garden on the tracks, held a 3 day long vigil at the facility, educated our neighbors about the problem, sued the company, wrote songs, lobbied our elected officials, and so much more. Despite this, the City of Portland and Zenith Energy have colluded and gone behind the backs of our community to continue operating and expand their facility.

Right now, Zenith needs an important air quality permit from the State of Oregon to continue operating. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is soon to open a 60-day Comment Period where we can voice our concerns about Zenith and why the company should not be granted this permit and should stop operating in our community. This is an unprecedented moment where we have the opportunity to stop Zenith for good. Join us in writing public comments, showing up to hearings to testify, talking to your neighbors, friends, and family, and more to do everything in our power to Stop Zenith!