Please join the online event Perilous Fuel Tanks: Oregon’s Ticking Time Bomb. This event is a panel discussion about the long-reaching environmental effects of a collapse of the Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) Hub; the statewide consequences for our fuel supply; and past, current, and future state actions. The panelists will answer questions that attendees submit beforehand when they register. Register Here
Statewide Virtual Event
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4 @ 6:00-7:30 pm
DID YOU KNOW?
● 90%+ of all the liquid fuel used in Oregon (gas, diesel, oils, jet fuel, and more) comes into the state and is distributed from a single location
● That location, aka the CEI Hub, is in a quadruple hazard zone
● Less than 2% of the Hub’s fuel storage tanks are seismically stable
WHAT CAN BE DONE TO SECURE A SAFE, RELIABLE FUEL SUPPLY?
Join us to learn how you can be part of the solution to this wicked problem.
Discussion moderated by: Michael Dembrow, retired state Senator
Panelists:
● Rep. Thuy Tran (HD 45), Chair of House Emergency Management Committee
● Luke Hanst, Partnerships Manager, PSU Civil & Environmental Engineering Dept
● Kate Murphy, MPH, Senior Community Organizer, Columbia Riverkeeper
Sponsored by: Consolidated Oregon Indivisible Network (COIN); 350PDX; Beyond Toxics; CEI Hub Task Force; Columbia Riverkeeper; Community for Earth, First Unitarian Portland; Linnton Neighborhood Association’s Tank the Tanks; League of Women Voters-OR; MCAT; Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility; Risk Bond Coalition; Sierra Club Oregon Chapter; Southern Oregon Climate Action Network; Willamette Riverkeeper.
