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Your Three-Minute Introduction to Methanol in the Pacific Northwest

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Gov. Jay Inslee announced opposition to major fossil fuel projects in Tacoma and Kalama on May 8, 2019.

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Keiko Budech

February 9, 2016

Methanol has been getting a lot of attention in the Pacific Northwest lately, and with good reason. Three methanol plants proposed along the Columbia River and Puget Sound could make our region the country’s top methanol producer and exporter, while heavily taxing our iconic water systems and upping our air and carbon pollution loads.

Sightline pulled together a quick cheat sheet on the projects to help the public get the facts about methanol in Cascadia. You are welcome to and encouraged to download, share, and print our infographic (it looks great even in grayscale).

Original Sightline Institute graphic, available under our free use policy.
Original Sightline Institute graphic, available under our free use policy.

 Editor’s note: A previous version of this graphic misstated several figures. We corrected them and updated our graphic at 3:45 PM Wednesday, February 10.

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Keiko Budech

Keiko Budech, senior communications associate, promotes Sightline's work to the diverse audiences of Northwest media and decisionmakers.

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