Clastop County Votes Against Oregon LNG

Oregonian:

The Clatsop County Board of Commissioners voted 4-to-1 Wednesday to reverse its earlier approval of a pipeline that would serve the proposed Oregon LNG terminal in Warrenton. The vote marks another major victory for those who oppose importing liquefied natural gas to Oregon, throwing the viability of the controversial project in doubt after years of engineering, environmental and permitting struggles.

Oregon LNG and its backer, New York-based Leucadia National Corp., had already filed a motion in Clatsop County Circuit Court to preempt the board, contending that commissioners had already made an irreversible decision that the project was consistent with county land use laws.

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