Gov. Kotek and DEQ Cave to Pressure from Betsy Johnson and Building Trades, Approve Massive Refinery along the Columbia River - Columbia Riverkeeper

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Gov. Kotek and DEQ Cave to Pressure from Betsy Johnson and Building Trades, Approve Massive Refinery along the Columbia River - Columbia Riverkeeper

Local farmers and clean water advocates will ask DEQ to reconsider On January 7th, the Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality issued a water quality certification for NEXT Energy to build a non-conventional diesel and aviation fuel refinery near Clatskanie. Certifications such as this are supposed to prevent violations of state water quality standards. Farmers and clean water advocates reject the idea that DEQ’s certification for NEXT does, or ev…