In an article titled ‘Port of Portland pushed to kill carbon fee on propane export terminal and save backers millions annually,’ the Oregonian reports on how the Port tried to throw Portland under the bus … Or in this case, the rail-clogging Canadian propane train:

Even as community opposition mushroomed to a proposed propane export terminal in North Portland, the Port of Portland was negotiating in secret to save its Canadian backers millions of dollars annually.

It hoped to do so by convincing the City of Portland to eliminate an annual $6.2 million carbon fee proposed for the terminal and its backer, Pembina Pipeline Corp. The fee was a threshold condition in winning a controversial zoning approval for the project after a seven-hour public hearing of Portland’s Planning and Sustainability Commission in early April. But the Port almost immediately set to work behind the scenes to get rid of it.

The Port has faced consistent criticism over the years for ignoring the environmental impacts of its projects and being deaf to advocates concerns.

[Ignoring advocates’ concerns; ya think? Read the rest of the Port of Portland’s latest slick maneuver at The Oregonian.]