Tag Archives: Columbia River Gorge
HJM 15 – Comments on the feasibility study for revealing Celilo Falls
April 13, 2015 From: The Friends of Celilo Falls To: State Representative Brian Clem, Committee ChairHouse Committee on Rural Communities, Land Use and WaterOregon State CapitolBy email RE: HJM 15 Celilo Falls feasibility study Dear Chair Clem and Members … Continue reading
Crude Oil Trains Threaten the Columbia River Gorge
by Sean Aaron Cruz Portland, Oregon– Crude oil trains are passing within 100 feet of both banks of the Columbia River at Celilo/Wishram. See video link below: BNSF runs its bomb trains on the Washington side, Union Pacific runs its … Continue reading
The Columbia River Coal Wars begin
Focus on public subsidies of barging By Sean Aaron Cruz “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams” –Eleanor Roosevelt “No…selfish interest should be permitted, through politics or otherwise, to destroy or even impair this great … Continue reading
A barge-eye view of the Columbia River Gorge and the beauty of dreams
By Sean Aaron Cruz “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams” –Eleanor Roosevelt* September 18, 2012 Portland, Oregon—The Oregonian published a remarkable time-lapse video of a barge passing downriver from Lewiston to Kalama today, … Continue reading
The Friends of Celilo Falls is born
September 11, 2012 In response to the imminent threat posed by proposals to turn the Columbia Gorge into an international industrial corridor bracketed by coal terminals, and having waited a season, the Friends of Celilo Falls made its first public … Continue reading
Coal Wars in the Columbia Gorge, pt 2: The economies of place vs route
September 4, 2012 By Sean Aaron Cruz—In a guest opinion titled “Coal exports would help our struggling economy,” published in The Oregonian today, several supporters of proposals to bracket the Columbia River Gorge with new export coal terminals posit that … Continue reading
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