The “guest commentary” in the Jan. 2, 2024 edition of the Chronicle & Chief entitled “NXT Rail Yard Proposal: Unacceptable risk and wasted taxpayer resources” would have been more accurately
"So, what exactly are we doing at these permitting hearings if the established plan can be altered at a whim? What will incremental alterations look like over time if NXT
When the Houston-based NXT Renewables (formerly NEXT) developer Lou Soumas came to Columbia County, he promised their proposal for a renewable diesel and aviation fuel refinery at Port Westward would
A vessel that strayed from its course while traveling upriver and collided with the Beaver Dock, causing damage to the downriver approach and infrastructure, which nearly resulted in the spill
At a critical bend in the Columbia River Estuary, a company called NEXT Renewable Fuels, Inc., is seeking to build a new, massive renewable diesel refinery. The proposed refinery at Port Westward would be one of the largest producers of renewable diesel on the West Coast. Meanwhile along the North Reach of Willamette River in Portland, Zenith Energy, which has been shipping