Jan 8, 2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Media Contact:Audrey Leonard, Columbia Riverkeeper: 541-399-4775 Victory: Army Corps Requires Permit for Refinery’s Levee Impacts NEXT Renewable Fuels, Inc. needs a major federal permit for its proposed impacts to the Port Westward levee January...
Dec 8, 2025
Oregon Court of Appeals sides with Tribes and fish advocates, restores protections for salmon Salem, Ore. (December 8, 2025)—Last week, the Oregon Court of Appeals overturned a December 2022 rule by the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission and the Oregon Department of...
Nov 21, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Media Contact:Audrey Leonard, Columbia Riverkeeper: 541-399-4775 New Report Challenges Claims of “Renewable” Diesel Plans Proposed refinery near Clatskanie promises to support climate goals, but new report shows it would have difficulty finding...
Nov 17, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Media Contacts:Teryn Yazdani, Columbia Riverkeeper: 503-933-7636 City of Quincy Agrees to Clean Up Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant Settlement includes $400,000 to the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation for projects...
Nov 5, 2025
Authored by leading health experts, new report shows widespread health impact of extracting, transporting and burning fossil fuels FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPaige Knappenberger Physicians for Social ResponsibilityP: 602-549-0344 E: pknappenberger@psr.org WASHINGTON, DC –...
Nov 5, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Media Contact:Miles Johnson, Columbia Riverkeeper: 541-490-0487 Court Allows Controversial Fracked Gas Expansion Project Court rejects Oregon, Washington, and environmental organizations’ arguments against Pacific Northwest gas pipeline...