Northwest Innovation Works abandons plans to build what would have been the world's largest methanol plant intended to supply asian plastic manufactures.  The project would have consumed 320 M cubic feet of natural gas daily – more than that used by every gas-fired power plant in Washington.  Read more at Earth-Justice. 

Many environmental groups were instrumental in this stunning climate victory including the Tacoma WA Chapter of Climate Reality.  The Pacific Northwest states and British Columbia provide a thin green line of defense against export of fossil fuels from Canadian tar sands, Bakken oil fields, and Powder River Basin coal;  learn more at Sightline Institute. 

See their video on YouTube.