Coal
Ambre Energy, Morrow Pacific Project, Port of Morrow, Oregon
Status: Defeated!
Sightline Institute Articles and Reports on the Morrow Pacific Terminal
Sightline Institute Article and Report on Morrow Pacific Terminal
Documents on Record
2015
- August 18, Department of State Lands, Land Use Permit Denial (18 pages) https://www.columbiariverkeeper.org/sites/default/files/2014/08/2014.8.18-FINDINGS-DENYING-PROJECT.pdf
- March 31, Oregon DEQ Water Quality Permit Approval https://www.oregon.gov/deq/FilterDocs/CoyoteIs-401cert.pdf
- March, Oregon DEQ Evaluations and Findings Report https://www.oregon.gov/deq/FilterDocs/CoyoteIs-401report.pdf
2014
- Columbia Riverkeeper Fact Sheet, “Internal Documents Show Corps’ D.C. Office Nixed Full Environmental Review of Oregon Coal Export” https://www.columbiariverkeeper.org/sites/default/files/2014/11/Riverkeeper-statement-on-FOIA-documents-Fact-Sheet.pdf
- August 14, Court Opinion and Order, Columbia Riverkeeper vs. US Army Corps of Engineers RE Freedom of Information Act https://www.columbiariverkeeper.org/sites/default/files/2014/08/2014.8.14-Opinion-and-Order-in-Morrow-Pacific-EA-EIS-FOIA-Case.pdf
2013
- August 26, Columbia Riverkeeper vs. US Army Corps of Engineers RE Freedom of Information Act https://www.columbiariverkeeper.org/sites/default/files/2013/08/2013.8.26-FOIA-Complaint-Riverkeeper-v.-Army-Corps.pdf
2012
- November 2, Columbia Riverkeeper letter to US Army Corps of Engineers RE Freedom of Information Act request https://www.columbiariverkeeper.org/sites/default/files/2013/08/2012.11.2-FOIA-to-Corps-re-Morrow-Pacific.pdf
- September 10, Memos RE Second Draft Environmental Impact Statement (US Army Corps of Engineers) https://www.columbiariverkeeper.org/sites/default/files/2014/11/Document-191-Corps-HQ-edits-to-Comms-Plan-questions-EIS.pdf
- September 7, Draft Memorandum for the Record (MFR) RE Second Draft Environmental Impact Statement (US Army Corps of Engineers) https://www.columbiariverkeeper.org/sites/default/files/2014/11/Document-226-EIS-MFR-by-Corps-Portland-Staff.pdf
- Feburary 1, Oregon Department of Lands and Army Corps of Engineers Joint Project Application (117 pages) https://docs.dsl.state.or.us/PublicReview/docview.aspx?id=1405373&dbid=0&cr=1
- Army Corps of Engineers letter RE Environmental Impact Statement, https://www.columbiariverkeeper.org/sites/default/files/2014/11/Document-133-Letter-from-Corps-Portland-to-Ambre-Energy.pdf
2010-2012
- Public Comments RE Project Application https://lands.dsl.state.or.us/index.cfm?fuseaction=Comments.CommentList&id=49123
Video
Department of Environmental Quality Information Meeting, Decemeber 16, 2012 https://vimeo.com/55239296
Context/Media
“Coal Producers Say Northwest Environmentalists Blocking Asia-bound Exports” Kelly David Burke, Fox News, May 3,1016 https://www.foxnews.com/us/coal-producers-say-northwest-environmentalists-blocking-asia-bound-exports
“Northwest Fossil Fuel Exports: Planned Facilities Would Handle Five Times as Much Carbon as the Keystone XL Pipeline” Eric de Place, Sightline Institute, September 2014 https://islandersforsafeshipping.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/nw-fossil-fuel-exports-sept-14-sightline-institute.pdf
“Oregon Department of State Land Rejects Ambre Energy Coal Export Permit, Dealing Major Blow” Rob Davis, OregonLive, August 18, 2014 https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2014/08/oregon_department_of_state_lan_1.html#incart_river
“Federal Court Rebukes Army Corps Over Secrecy Surrounding Coal Export Documents” Columbia Riverkeeper Press Release, August 14, 2014 https://www.columbiariverkeeper.org/sites/default/files/2014/08/2014.08.15-Press-Release-Morrow-Pacific-FOIA-Court-Order.pdf
“Army Corps Shrinks Endangered Species Review for Columbia River Coal Export Project” Cassandra Profita, Oregon Public Broadcasting, September 5, 2013 https://www.opb.org/news/article/corps-shrinks-endangered-species-review-for-morrow/
“Ambre Engergy” Global Energy Monitor https://www.gem.wiki/Ambre_Energy