| | Navigating Together The Biden administration provides an opportunity to protect the environment and avert a climate disaster. There is no guarantee. It’s up to us. Hear our top priorities for the first 100 days of the Biden administration and a primer on the tools available to make immediate changes. | | | | | | | | | | Watch New Video Series Heroes: Untold Stories Check out our YouTube page or social media for new video releases highlighting the untold stories of grit and passion—and success. Recent features include Jenny Lee, Deputy Director of Coalition of Communities of Color, who shares the historic effort to pass the Portland Clean Energy Fund ballot initiative, and Natalie Swan (Yakama), who pays tribute to her uncle and mentor, Atwai Dr. Russel Jim, a champion for Hanford cleanup. | | | | | | | | Give Guide is Back! When our climate and communities are under attack, you always show up with generosity. Now it's our turn to show our thanks. Support Give!Guide and enjoy amazing incentives. Today is another Big Give Day with a chance to win a Gorge Getaway or a gift certificate from Blue Bus Cultured Food. | | | | | | | | Welcome Back Gov. Inslee: Stop the Methanol Climate Disaster! One of the most consequential climate decisions of Gov. Inslee’s third term will happen before January 1, 2021, when the Dept. of Ecology decides whether to deny or approve the world’s largest fracked gas-to-methanol refinery in Kalama, WA. Help us send a clear signal to Gov. Inslee: we are counting on his administration to stand up for the Columbia and our climate. | | | | | | | | New Lawsuit Challenges ODOE’s Approval of Fracked Gas Power Plant On November 2, Columbia Riverkeeper filed suit against the Oregon Dept. of Energy for illegally approving Perennial Wind Chaser LLC’s plan to start building a portion of its proposed fracked gas fired power plant in Umatilla County, OR. If built, Perennial would become one of Oregon’s top five greenhouse gas polluters. | | | | | | | | Chúush: Water for Warm Springs Sixty percent of Oregon’s largest Tribal community is facing inconsistent access to safe drinking water. This is a crisis we must all do something about. Columbia Riverkeeper has joined forces with eight other conservation groups and the MRG Foundation to raise money to rebuild water infrastructure for the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. | | | | | | | | Take Action: - Stand up for Salmon, Small Farms. Comments due December 7. The Port of Columbia County wants to swap world-class mint crops, delicious blueberries, and salmon-supporting wetlands for a potential methanol refinery, oil train terminal, or similar heavy industrial project.
- No New Fracked Gas Power Plants. Urge Oregon to hold Perennial Wind Chaser Station, a fracked gas power plant proposed near Umatilla, OR, accountable for breaking the law.
| | | | Events & Engagement: Webinar - Protect Farms and the Columbia River from Fossil Fuels at Port Westward: Monday, November 23 at 6 p.m. Join Dan Serres, Conservation Director with Columbia Riverkeeper, and Jasmine Zimmer-Stucky, Working Lands Engagement Coordinator with 1000 Friends of Oregon, to learn more about the effort to protect farmland and clean water from fossil fuels and heavy industry at Port Westward. RSVP here. Virtual No Methanol Mondays: November 23 through December 14. Join Columbia Riverkeeper and our allies every Monday in calling on Gov. Inslee and the Wash. Dept. of Ecology to do the right thing and deny the world’s largest fracked gas-to-methanol refinery from being built in Kalama, Washington. Latest on Hanford: Tuesday, November 24. Join Columbia Riverkeeper and Hanford Challenge to learn how you can take action to protect people and the environment from radioactive waste at Hanford. Calling Legal Interns: Use your skills for good! Columbia Riverkeeper is accepting applications for up to three legal interns. Read about the details and apply by December 3. Save the Date: Join us Friday, December 11 at 4 p.m. on Facebook Live for Read All About It: Hanford! We are joined by an amazing lineup of authors for a roundtable discussion about books written about Hanford. Want to learn more about what is happening in Warm Springs? Check out the Chúush fund webinar to hear from campaign leaders on our plan to support rebuilding critical water infrastructure and access. | | | | In the News: - Oregon Allows a Controversial Fracked Gas Power Plant to Begin Construction, Inside Climate News, November 5, 2020
- The Damage Trump Did, Willamette Week, October 28, 2020
- Columbia River Keepers file intent to sue over proposed gas plant, East Oregonian, October 31, 2020
- Despite troubled past, critics say Oregon Department of Energy is ignoring rules to benefit power plants, The Oregonian, October 27, 2020
- In repeat of past, conservation groups challenge new dam management plan, The Daily News, October 26, 2020
- Public can join Oct. 27 Chúush Fund webinar, The Madras Pioneer, October 23, 2020
- Groups threaten another suit over river management, Capital Press, October 23, 2020
- Pacific Northwest governors say they'll work together on Columbia salmon, Portland Business Journal, October 12, 2020
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