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September 20, 2017

Permits invalidated for $2B methanol plant in Kalama

  • The Shorelines Hearings Board reversed two shoreline permits, and sent the review back to the county and port for further analysis.
    • By PHUONG LE
    Associated Press

    U.S. environmental groups opposed to the Pacific Northwest becoming an international fossil fuels gateway scored a major victory when a Washington state board invalidated two permits for a $2 billion project to manufacture methanol from natural gas and export it to China.

    Last week's decision by the state Shorelines Hearings Board is a setback for the project by Northwest Innovation Works on the Columbia River in the small city of Kalama.


     
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