Environmental groups, farmers, again challenge renewable diesel project at Port Westward

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Environmental groups, farmers, again challenge renewable diesel project at Port Westward

Two Oregon environmental and land conservation groups are once again challenging a land-use permit for a Texas-based company proposing to build one of the largest renewable diesel refineries in the country.Nonprofits Columbia Riverkeeper and 1000 Friends of Oregon, along with a local farmer, filed an appeal with the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals, or LUBA, on July 16. The groups are looking to reverse a county-approved permit allowing NXTClean…