Under legal and public pressure, a developer abandoned plans to build a methanol refinery in Kalama, Washington, that was set to become one of the top climate polluters in the state.

Thanks to a grassroots uprising and Earthjustice litigation, the city of Vancouver, Washington, has delivered a huge blow to the largest oil-by-rail project proposal in North America.

In his denial letter, Governor Inslee found that: “When weighing all of the factors considered against the need for and potential benefits of the facility at this location, I believe the record reflects substantial evidence that the project does not meet the broad public interest standard necessary for the Council to recommend site certification.”

Law and overwhelming evidence support governor’s protection of the public interest

Vancouver Commission votes unanimously to end the Tesoro Savage oil train terminal proposal

Governor Inslee will make final decision in early 2018

In the Matter of: Application No. 2013-01, Tesoro Savage, LLC, Vancouver Energy, Distribution Terminal. The Council recommends the Application for Site Certification be rejected.

In the Matter of: Application No. 2013-01, Tesoro Savage, LLC, Vancouver Energy, Distribution Terminal

Energy council joins Washington’s Attorney General, City of Vancouver, Tribal nations, and hundreds of thousands of Washingtonians in opposing largest oil train terminal in U.S.

Washington’s Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council expected to make a recommendation to Governor Inslee in near future

Go inside the trial of Tesoro-Savage, a crude oil shipping terminal proposed for the banks of the Columbia River.

Governor Inslee will make a decision after council makes its recommendation

Tesoro-Savage has proposed to build and operate a crude oil shipping terminal on the banks of the Columbia River that would handle an estimated 360,000 barrels of oil per day coming into the project by rail and leaving by tanker down the river to other ports around the Pacific, making it the largest oil terminal…

A diverse coalition of groups opposes plans for a new rail facility to receive Bakken crude