Hey, Oregon neighbors. If you’re giving NW Natural extra money every month for sustainable energy, you're paying for lies. @ProPublica has exposed their deception. So much for the "less we can" campaign.

https://www.propublica.org/article/nw-natural-gas-oregon-fossil-fuel

#NWNatural #Oregon #PacificNorthwest #PNW #Portland #PDX #Environment #Sustainability #GreenEnergy #LessWeCan

Oregon’s Largest Natural Gas Utility Hasn’t Actually Gone Green

NW Natural told Oregonians it had a new source of clean energy: renewable natural gas. Industry documents obtained by ProPublica reveal how the company has, for years, perpetuated its core fossil fuel business while painting a picture of going green.

^ProPublica

90% of liquid fuel in #Oregon arrives through an industrial neighborhood in NW #Portland. This neighborhood is a mashup of rickety, aging fuel tanks, pipeline terminals from refineries, and tanker cars carrying fuel away.

If/when an earthquake hits, this critical energy infrastructure hub, just north of downtown, will likely dump 193.7 million gallons of oil into the Willamette and Columbia Rivers --- potentially the worst environmental disaster in US history.

https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-9/preventing-the-next-fukushima/

Preventing the next ‘Fukushima’

As oil and gas operations at Portland’s CEI Hub grow, so do the chances of a catastrophic spill.

^{Isobel Whitcomb (High Country News)}

"In #Idaho, John Adkins raced his wife from their home in Caldwell, a suburb of #Boise, to #Portland, Ore, last yr after an ultrasound showed a fetal anomaly so complex that she was likely to suffer potentially deadly complications. Jennifer was nearing the end of her 1st trimester.

“I felt like a fugitive,” said Adkins, 37, a sixth-generation Idahoan. He remembers local doctors telling the couple that ending her pregnancy at that point would be #illegal"

#Health #Healthcare #Abortion #News