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Columbia County Planning Commissioners don’t want more land available for industry at Port Westward.
In a 5-1 vote, commissioners opposed the Port of St. Helens’ request to expand Port Westward by 957 acres to “facilitate and attract larger-scale industrial uses and related businesses.” The Columbia County Board of Commissioners will make its final decision in August.
A failed proposal by Kinder Morgan to build a coal terminal in Port Westward didn’t quell worries about future industrial sites on the property.
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“I am deeply concerned about the transparency record of the U.S. Trade Representative and with one ongoing trade agreement in particular — the Trans-Pacific Partnership.” — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-MASenator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) on Wednesday voiced her opposition to President Barack Obama’s top international trade nominee because of a secretive free trade agreement.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has been negotiated behind closed-doors for years by trade representatives from Australia, Brunei, Chile, Canada, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States, and Vietnam. Though the free trade agreement could have wide ranging consequences on workers and consumers, the public only knows a few details of the treaty thanks to leaked documents.
“I have heard the argument that transparency would undermine the Trade Representative’s policy to complete the trade agreement because public opposition would be significant,” Warren explained. “In other words, if people knew what was going on, they would stop it. This argument is exactly backwards. If transparency would lead to widespread public opposition to a trade agreement, then that trade...
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