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January 27, 2020

Energy firm withdraws permit application for Oregon pipeline

By ANDREW SELSKY
Associated Press

SALEM, Ore. — A Canadian energy company on has withdrawn its application for a state permit for a controversial natural gas pipeline and export terminal in Oregon, and a project spokesman said Friday it is instead awaiting possible federal approval.

The proposed natural gas terminal and a 230-mile feeder pipeline would permit shipment of natural gas from the United States and Canada to Asia and create local jobs. But there has been strong opposition by some in Oregon to the Jordan Cove Project. They say it would ruin habitat and that the increased use of a fossil fuel would contribute to global warming.


 
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