As we work on stopping the dangerous Jordan Cove Liquid Natural Gas project, which includes a pipeline through Oregon over 200 miles and the gas terminal in Coos Bay from being approved, we need to work on bringing alternatives for the folks struggling financially in Coos Bay. It makes no sense to allow the Jordan Cove project to go through for many serious and important reasons.
We should be exploring/inviting industries/businesses that we can be proud of. How about a hemp processing plant? There are only a few in the entire country, and now that hemp is legal nationwide, there is great demand for a plant to process hemp into the products that will help us mitigate climate change; the building material Hempcrete, nutritious hemp seeds, replacing fossil fuels for plastic with hemp oil, etc. Let’s keep our public forests intact for the massive amounts of carbon they sequester here in Oregon and help facilitate sustainable alternative building material production and put rural Oregonians to work.
Another idea: a plastic recycling plant. We no longer are able to ship plastic recylceables to China, so let’s build our own. We must work on transitioning from a resource extractive economy to a truly sustainable one. First action: Stop Jordan Cove LNG pipeline and gas terminal.
Pam Driscoll
Dexter
A Note From the Publisher
Dear Readers,
The last two years have been some of the hardest in Eugene Weekly’s 43 years. There were moments when keeping the paper alive felt uncertain. And yet, here we are — still publishing, still investigating, still showing up every week.
That’s because of you!
Not just because of financial support (though that matters enormously), but because of the emails, notes, conversations, encouragement and ideas you shared along the way. You reminded us why this paper exists and who it’s for.
Listening to readers has always been at the heart of Eugene Weekly. This year, that meant launching our popular weekly Activist Alert column, after many of you told us there was no single, reliable place to find information about rallies, meetings and ways to get involved. You asked. We responded.
We’ve also continued to deepen the coverage that sets Eugene Weekly apart, including our in-depth reporting on local real estate development through Bricks & Mortar — digging into what’s being built, who’s behind it and how those decisions shape our community.
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Thank you for standing with us!
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Eugene Weekly
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