ONTARIO — Its banks touch two states, but Ontario city officials are working on the Oregon side of the Snake River to reduce pollution that affects the Idaho side as
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When Mayor Ted Wheeler reassigned the Bureau of Development Services (BDS) to Commissioner Carmen Rubio at the beginning of the month, climate activists in Portland had cause for hope. The city commissioner in charge of BDS is responsible for the city’s decision about whether to grant a land use permit to the oil transport company Zenith Energy to continue operating its oil transportation facility in Northwest Portland. Each year, Zenith transports hundreds of millions of.
The city of Portland granted a land use permit to oil transporter Zenith Energy Monday, paving the way for the company to continue operating its Northwest Portland facility—with conditions. The approval may lead to the end of Zenith’s ongoing legal battle with the city over a previous denial of the permit. In August 2021, the city of Portland denied Zenith Energy a Land Use Compatibility Statement (LUCS) for its oil storage and transporting facility along.