Check out this opinion piece from Catherine Mater, Chair of the Oregon Transportation Commission. Ms. Mater argues that public funds, like ConnectOregon, should consider the negative impacts of coal/ oil transportation. Proponents argue that public funding decisions should be commodity agnostic, with a focus on job generation as the primary baseline for decision. Opponents argue the many environmental, health and safety problems associated with the mining and transport of these non-Oregon, nonrenewable resources through our state, positing that public funding for such projects is simply wrong. Aside from the significant environmental impacts oil and coal companies present, using Oregon as a transport route for these products is expected to impact the states agriculture and wood products industries, both of which rely on rail transport to move product. oregonlive/opinion/index.ssf/2015/01/state_transportation_grants_sh.html#incart_river
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 00:20:50 +0000
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