NEDC and the City of Cannon Beach signed a landmark agreement this week, designed to protect Cannon Beach residents, visitors, and the marine ecosystem from dangerously high levels of bacteria in local creeks and beaches. The agreement resolves a 2025 … Read More
In January, NEDC and Center for Food Safety filed a new lawsuit to stop ongoing pollution of the Columbia River from a Pacific Bio Products facility in Warrenton, Oregon. This facility, owned by seafood and aquaculture giant Pacific Seafood, has … Read More
We’re happy to share the new issue of NEDC’s Newsletter Northwest Defense. Click through to read all about our work in 2025 to protect the Pacific Northwest’s air, water, and endangered species. As always, none of the work you read about in … Read More
In a major procedural victory for environmental and community advocates, the Oregon Court of Appeals reversed a Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) decision concerning the City of Portland’s approval of a Zenith Energy Holding’s Land Use Compatibility Statement (LUCS). … Read More
NEXT Clean Fuels, Inc. —a Houston-based company—wants to build one of the country’s largest “renewable” diesel refineries in Clatskanie, Oregon. If built, this refinery on the banks of the Columbia River Estuary would fill over 100 acres of wetlands and … Read More