Plans for $2 billion Washington methanol
plant ‘effectively ended,’ as company terminates
lease
Posted By: Moritz55, 6/12/2021 1:32:43 PM
Plans for a more than $2 billion Southwest Washington methanol plant are “effectively ended,” according to a Friday statement from Port of Kalama officials, as Northwest Innovation Works — denied a permit by the state this year — will terminate its site lease. The project, years in the planning, suffered a big setback in January when the state Department of Ecology rejected a request for a shoreline permit required to build the plant, which would have been one of the Pacific Northwest’s largest users of natural gas. Northwest Innovation officials, in a statement Friday, said in the aftermath of that permit denial, Washington’s “regulatory environment has become unclear and unpredictable.”
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Plans for $2 billion Washington methanol
plant ‘effectively ended,’ as company terminates
lease 5 replies
plant ‘effectively ended,’ as company terminates
lease 5 replies
Plans for a more than $2 billion Southwest Washington methanol plant are “effectively ended,” according to a Friday statement from Port of Kalama officials, as Northwest Innovation Works — denied a permit by the state this year — will terminate its site lease.
The project, years in the planning, suffered a big setback in January when the state Department of Ecology rejected a request for a shoreline permit required to build the plant, which would have been one of the Pacific Northwest’s largest users of natural gas.
Northwest Innovation officials, in a statement Friday, said in the aftermath of that permit denial, Washington’s “regulatory environment has become unclear and unpredictable.”
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The ABC journalist who broke the infamous story about the 2016 tarmac meeting between Bill Clinton and then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch has been found dead in his apartment.
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It sure is interesting how many people who have crossed the Clintons end up dying way too young.
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Editor’s note: Police have only released a vague description of the suspected shooter
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Move over, Kamala Harris — Joe Biden is about to show you something about how to blow it abroad.
Here's an item from Gazeta.ru, a Russian private-sector outlet: [tweet with video] There's also this: [tweet with video] The first video shows him wandering into a cafeteria for the public instead of the special accommodations reserved for the G-7 leaders. Notice that the crowd guffaws as someone throws out a flip question, which he has to ask her to repeat. When he gives a dullard's answer, the laughter roars harder. It's an obvious mockery of a lost old fool looking for the buffet table at the senior citizens' home
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