Did Charlie Hales effectively kill a $500M energy project?

Portland Business Journal:

The fate of highly-controversial propane export project could rest on the city of Portland's unusual administrative structure.

Pembina Pipeline Corp., the Calgary-based company that wants to export Canadian propane to Asia by way of Portland under a deal to lease space from the Port of Portland near its T-6 terminal in North Portland, needs an environmental zone change to do so.

So far so good.

The Portland Planning and Sustainability Commission signed off on the zone change but tacked on a $6.2…

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