Oil train derailment and fire, seen from the east end of Mosier, June 3, 2016. (photographer: Michael McKaeg)
PRESS RELEASE: Union Pacific Postpones Hearing on Rail Expansion in Mosier
June 22, 2016
June 22, 2016 Union Pacific resumes oil trains traffic through Columbia River Gorge, postpones hearing on rail expansion in Mosier Mosier, OR: Union Pacific announced this morning (June 22) that […]
Mosier residents' portraits by Vince Ready, Lasting Light Photography (LastingLight.photo)
PRESS RELEASE: Mosier Oil Train Derailment Ignites “Mosier Voices”
June 17, 2016
June 17, 2016 While the media has declared that Mosier, Oregon “dodged a bullet” regarding the oil train derailment and fire on June 3, the impact to the community of […]
Screenshot from KGW news report about Mosier derailment and fire.
Worst Fears Realized for Mosier Residents With Train Wreck
June 4, 2016
June 4, 2016 From KGW: MOSIER, Ore. — Angry fireballs of exploding Bakken crude oil burned alongside the town of Mosier Friday. The derailment happened at 12:20 p.m. Sixteen cars […]
Smoke from a derailed oil tanker rises over the Columbia River near Mosier, OR, on June 3, 2016. (photo: KGW-TV)
As Mosier Oil Train Derailment Unfolds, Union Pacific Works to Expand Oil Transport
June 3, 2016
June 3, 2016 For Immediate Release June 3, 2016Contact: Michael Lang, Conservation Director, Friends of the Columbia Gorge 503-490-3979Arlene Burns, Mayor of Mosier, OR 541-399-6780 This morning, an oil train […]
How Lummi Nation’s Treaty Stand Beat Big Coal
May 17, 2016
May 17, 2016 Bellingham, WA-based writer Ralph Schwartz, in a guest piece for the Sightline Institute, gives a stirring account of how Lummi Nation stood up against Big Coal to […]
Many members of the Lummi Indian tribe fish near the site of the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal in Washington State. (Lummi Nation photo)
U.S. Denies Permit for Coal Terminal in Washington State
May 11, 2016
May 11, 2016 The New York Times reports on the denial of a needed permit by the U.S. Army Corpos of Engineers for the $665 million Gateway Pacific Terminal, which would have […]
Senate Approves Bill to Study Oil Train Derailment Training
May 10, 2016
May 10, 2016 The Hill reports that the U.S. Senate has approved legisation brought by North Dakota Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp to increase training efforts for first responders to rail car […]
Coal train (photographer: Bunny & Norm Lenburg)
Coal Trains Mean Coal Dust – Period
May 4, 2016
May 4, 2016 Eric de Place of the non-profit think tank Sightline Institute, as part of the series A Crackdown on Coal, explores the dangers of coal dust to communities along rail […]
Developer Abandons Controversial Troutdale Energy Project
January 26, 2016
January 26, 2016 Troutdale Energy Center, LLC (TEC), a subsidiary of Ares Management, L.P., has abandoned its plans for the controversial Troutdale Energy Center, a 701-megawatt gas power plant that was […]