Portland, Oregon, Squashes New Gas Station Construction

The city council approved a resolution forbidding new gasoline stations within city limits because of global warming.

November 20, 2015

PORTLAND, Ore. – Late last week, the Portland City Council unanimously passed a resolution that would outlaw new gasoline station construction—all in the name of curbing global warming, The Daily Caller reports. The measure effectively forbids new facilities to store or transport coal, gasoline, natural gas or oil from being built within city limits. While not banning gas and oil outright, the resolution’s purpose is to put a very high price tag on shipping fossil fuels within the city.

“Our work is not done yet, but we feel that with this unanimous vote, there is a good chance that the codifying language is going to be strong and signal to the fossil fuel industry that Portland is not open for their business,” said Adriana Voss-Andreae with a local environmental organization.

This isn’t the first move by Portland officials against coal, oil and gas companies, as the city shucked its financial assets earlier. Portland has also stopped various energy and petroleum projects because of environmental concerns.

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