Articles written by Tim Johnson

Tim Johnson|Mar 28, 2018

The Skagit County Board of Commissioners last week dismissed arguments made by environmental organizations and upheld a key permit for the Tesoro (recently renamed Andeavor) Anacortes Refinery to export new petrochemicals. The permit is one of several the refinery needs before it can complete the proposed project to export raw xylenes to markets in Asia. Xylenes are a petrochemical used in manufacturing plastics, films and related products. “Despite significant public concerns raised about the project, the board opted not to consider whether t...