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An oil train travels through the city of Portland, OR on April 29, 2014. Global Partners LP has been moving highly volatile Bakken crude oil from North Dakota on trains (prone to explosion and fire) through Portland and other towns, with no federal permit controls. (Photo courtesy of Sam Beebe)
case July 2, 2014

Halting An Oregon Oil Terminal’s Clean Air Act Violation

Conservation groups, represented by Earthjustice, have filed a lawsuit asking a federal court to require a Columbia River crude oil transport terminal to comply with federal laws meant to protect people and the environment from air pollution. The former ethanol production facility in Clatskanie, OR, has been quietly transformed into a terminal for the transport…

document July 2, 2014

Court Filing: Lawsuit Urges Halt to Clatskanie Oil Terminal’s Violation of Clean Air Act

Today, conservation groups filed a lawsuit asking a federal court to require a Columbia River crude oil transport terminal to comply with federal laws meant to protect people and the environment from air pollution.

A crude oil train travels through Portland, OR. Global Partners LP has been moving highly volatile Bakken crude oil on trains (prone to explosion and fire) through Portland and other towns to the Clatskanie terminal, with no federal permit controls. (Photo courtesy of Sam Beebe)
Press Release July 2, 2014

Lawsuit Urges Halt to Clatskanie Oil Terminal’s Violation of Clean Air Act

Dangerous Bakken oil shipped at facility places Pacific Northwest’s air and water at risk