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Why the Kalama methanol refinery would hurt the Yakama tribe
Yakama tribal members exercise treaty rights on the Columbia river. A proposed methanol plant could endanger the ways of life those rights protect.
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Signs against the proposed methanol plant dot the landscape in and around Kalama in 2019. (Matt M. McKnight/Crosscut)
In our Yakama culture, we must speak for the resources because they can no longer speak for themselves.
State permits for a proposed fracked-gas-to-methanol plant are being considered now and a decision is expected. The proposed methanol refinery in Kalama poses a significant threat to Nch’i Wana, the Columbia River, and our already endangered salmon.