Natural Gas Pipeline Crisis Plans Kept From Public?

Govt lacks copies of emergency response plans developed by natural gas pipeline operators.

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Think Our Financial Crisis Is Unique In Our History?

GRP:It's as if the "Obama Machine" used this as the model for their own script for our current crisis. Temporary "Hope" that soon faded and then the prelude and build-up to World War.

The nation needed immediate relief, recovery from economic collapse, and reform to avoid future depressions, so relief, recovery and reform became Franklin D. Roosevelt's goals when he took the helm as president. At his side stood a Democratic Congress, prepared to enact the measures carved out by a group of his closest advisors — dubbed the “Brain Trust” by reporters. One recurring theme in the recovery plan was Roosevelt’s pledge to help the “forgotten man at the bottom of the economic pyramid.”

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PG&E:How To Rack Up $100 Million In Clean Air Act Fines

How to rack up $100 million in Clean Air Act fines
October 7, 2010 11:55 AM

By Cassandra Profita - Ecotrope/Oregon Public Broadcasting

PGE's Boardman power plant has been accused of operating in violation of the Clean Air Act since 1998.
Did anyone else’s jaw drop when they heard the potential fines for the Portland General Electric’s alleged Clean Air Act violation at the Boardman coal-fired power plant?

Read OPB's Full Cassandra Profita Report On Ocotrope

The Peacock: A Witness To Another Piece Of Our History And A Mechanical Ballet

The Peacock headed for its final resting place after 10 years in storage. What a piece of history to watch and what a ballet of all those involved for this new gateway feature to our fine city of Astoria.

Want To Vote In Clatsop County....Oregon On November 2nd? October 12th Is Your Last Day To Register!!!

VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS OCT. 12

Tuesday, Oct. 12 is the last day to register to vote in the Nov. 2 general election for anyone not currently registered in the State of Oregon.
If you are registered in Oregon, but have changed your name, party affiliation or address, you must update your registration. People have until 8 p.m. on Election Day to update their registration and receive a ballot.
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From Oregonlive.com: The Kitzhaber - Dudley Debate Video

Watch The Governor's Debate

Chinook Nation Greets Lady Washington And Hawaiian Chieftan In Trade Re-Enactment October 3, 2010

Aberdeen – The brig Lady Washington, the Official Ship of the State of Washington, and the topsail ketch Hawaiian Chieftain will participate in a re-enactment of an 18th century fur trade meeting at Fort Columbia State Park on Sunday, October 3. The vessels will rendezvous with as many as 40 Chinook Nation paddlers in the Columbia River offshore of the park, which is just south of the town of Chinook on US Highway 101. The event is scheduled to take place 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.....Read Details and view photos

Fatal Pipeline Explosion Puts Focus On Web Of Gas Pipelines

By Matthew Cardinale - IPS News

"It's a 36-inch [thick] pipeline with non-odorised gas at a pressure that is seven times the San Bruno pipeline that exploded earlier this month," Olivia Schmidt, a community organiser with the Anti-LNG Coalition, told IPS. "When they [citizens of Oregon] learned about this horrible tragedy in the Bay Area, it heightened concerns already there about public safety," Schmidt said.

ATLANTA, Georgia, Sep 30, 2010 (IPS) - A natural gas explosion in San Bruno, California that almost decimated an entire city earlier this month has fuelled concerns about the outdated, aging, and dangerous gas pipelines that underlie many U.S. cities......Read Full Report

Clatsop County Sets OLNG/Oregon Pipeline Hearing Date!

DATE OF HEARING: Wednesday, October 20, 2010
TIME: 3:30 PM
LOCATION: Judge Guy Boyington Building
857 Commercial Street - Astoria, Oregon 97103
CONTACT PERSON: Jennifer Bunch, Clatsop County Planner

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Clatsop County Transportation & Development Services has received the land use application
described in this notice. Pursuant to Sections 2.020(5) and 2.025 of the Clatsop County Land and Water Development and Use
Ordinance (LWDUO), the Department Director has scheduled a public hearing on this matter before the Board of Commissioners
at 3:30 PM on Wednesday, October 20, 2010, at the Judge Guy Boyington Building, 857 Commercial St, Astoria, OR 97103......Read Full Notice

From Oregon Parks And Recreation: Astoria's John Goodenberger Appointed Chair Of Oregon State Advisory Committee On Historic Preservation

09/29/10

John Goodenberger of Astoria was recently appointed by Governor Kulongoski as the new chair of the State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation (SACHP). Goodenberger succeeds William F. Willingham, whose chairmanship ended in May.

Goodenberger has served as Vice-Chair for the SACHP for the past four years.

Goodenberger is an instructor at Clatsop Community College in the Historic Preservation and Restoration program, which he helped start in 2009. In addition, he is the owner of Historic Research and Design, a preservation firm in Astoria, has served as Senior Designer for Ecola Architects of Cannon Beach, and as a historic building consultant for the City of Astoria.

Goodenberger's newspaper column, Great City Rising, ran in the Daily Astorian from 1998-2005. He also provided critical technical assistance to the advocacy group Friends of Astoria Column during its 1995 restoration of the landmark column.

Goodenberger is chair of the Lower Columbia Preservation Society and is active with a number of other preservation-related organizations such as Columbia Pacific Preservation, Clatsop Community College Historic Preservation Advisory Committee, and the Historic Assessment Review Committee.

The SACHP is a nine-member group that reviews nominations to the National Register of Historic Places and makes recommendations to the State Historic Preservation Officer on the eligibility of nominated properties. The members are professionally recognized in the fields of history, architecture, archaeology, and other related disciplines.

The committee holds public meetings around the state three times a year.

More information about the SACHP and the National Register is online at www.oregonheritage.org

"The G.O.P.: A Pledge to America. You Read It And Judge For Yourself

September 22. 2010 - 5:38PM

CBS News - Brian Montpoli & Jill Jackson

CBS News has obtained a final draft of House Republicans' legislative agenda for the next Congress, a 21-page "Pledge to America" that they will formally unveil Thursday morning at a Virginia hardware store.

"The need for urgent action to repair our economy and reclaim our government for the people cannot be overstated," the introduction says.

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Clatsop County Board Of Commissioners: Oregon Pipeline LLC - Scope Of Review Determination

September 22, 2010 - And The Games Begin!

Clatsop County Sets Schedule For De Novo Hearings On Oregon LNG/Oregon Pipeline LLC Pipeline Application


What is a De Novo Hearing?..A second time; afresh. A trial or hearing that is ordered by an appellate court that has reviewed the record of a hearing in a lower court and sent the matter back to the original court for a new trial, as if it had not been previously heard nor decided. This applies to law.

September 22, 2010 - Anti-LNG Rallyers in front of, now-defunct, Bradwood Landing/Northern Star Natural Gas empty office space. Interesting irony.

"The Park-Spark Project" - Converts Dog Waste Into Energy

From: Environmental Protection.com

Anywhere people are walking dogs -- and throwing away dog poop -- can be a source of heat and light by introducing a methane digester into the equation...... Read The Details

FDA Could Approve Genetically Engineered Salmon!

Sep 20, 11:27 AM EDT

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Massachusetts company is asking the Food and Drug Administration to approve the marketing of genetically engineered salmon, which would become the first such animal OK'd for human consumption...............Read Full Article

Uh-Oh! The Cat's Out Of The Bag: Cheniere Energy Gets DOE Approval For Sabine Pass Plant To Export LNG

Reuters - Fri Sep 10, 2010 2:26pm EDT

* Cheniere will be able to export 16 mtpa(Million Tons Per Annum) for 30 years

* Sign of ample US natural gas supply

NEW YORK, Sept 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Energy on Sept. 7 approved Cheniere Energy's (LNG.A) plan to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas from the Sabine Pass terminal in Louisiana, the department said on its website.
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Aging U.S. Pipelines Nationally At Risk Of Explosion!

Sep 14, 6:46 AM EDT
Aging gas pipe at risk of explosion nationwide
By GARANCE BURKE and JASON DEAREN Associated Press Writers
AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

SAN BRUNO, Calif. (AP) -- The tragic explosion of a gas pipeline in a San Francisco suburb has shed light on a problem usually kept underground: Communities have expanded over pipes built decades earlier when no one lived there.

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Coal Export Through Northwest Ports? Some Say "No Way"!

Published: Wednesday, September 08, 2010, 9:05 PM
Updated: Thursday, September 09, 2010, 9:24 AM

Scott Learn, The Oregonian

While Oregon works to shut its only coal-fired electricity plant and reduce the state's greenhouse gas emissions, global mining companies are increasingly bullish about exporting that very same coal through Northwest ports to China.............

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Humboldt Bay Barge Project Gets Federal "Short Sea Shipping/Tiger Grant" Attention

GRP:Now, why would it not be prudent for our own Port of Astoria to be in touch with this man to see where we can play into this opportunity since we dropped the ball with the opportunity to partner with Santa Maria Shipping?

John Driscoll/The Times-Standard
Posted: 08/17/2010 01:21:11 AM PDT

A local entrepreneur's efforts to establish a marine shipping service along the West Coast and a four-port initiative to build infrastructure to support it have earned recognition -- and the prospect of funding -- from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

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Daily Astorian: LNG Pipeline Issue Moves To County Commission!

LNG pipeline issue moves to county

GRP: Even after Peter Hansen's "Pooh-Poohing" of the conditions of approval as being "Benign", Oregon LNG/Pipeline appeals its own approval?

By KATIE WILSON - The Daily Astorian

09-03-2010 1:57PM

It's in the commissioners' hands now. The deadline to appeal a liquefied natural gas pipeline application was today. With one appeal filed, the process now moves to the Clatsop County Board of Commissioners.....Read Full Daily "A" Report By Katie Wilson

Hood River Juice Owner Pleads Guilty! Alleged Tainted Evidence Dropped From The Case!

KPAM interview with NCO's Carrie Bartoldus by Victoria Taft on what she calls "Fostergate"


The owner of Hood River Juice has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor pollution counts in a long-running case that also led to the resignation of Attorney General John Kroger's top environmental aide earlier this year.





David B. Ryan pleaded guilty late Wednesday to failing to file a required report and second-degree water pollution, misdemeanors related to management of the company's wastewater system in 2007 and 2009.......Read Full Report