A renewable diesel plant may put the Columbia River at risk March 1, 2025
High Country News
Next’s facility is one of a handful of heavy industry proposals on the Columbia River in recent years, from oil transportation through pipelines and railcars to natural gas power plants. It’s particularly worrisome that the plant would be in the Cascadia Subduction Zone, said Theodora Tsongas, an environmental health scientist and volunteer with Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility. Scientists expect that sometime in the coming decades, an earthquake strong enough to liquify soil will hit the area, making a massive fuel spill inevitable.
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