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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2015
Dreamer of dreams; community of vision
The evolution
of the Columbia
River Maritime
Museum
HISTORIC
PHOTOS OF THE WEEK
By JEFF SMITH
For The Daily Astorian
May 11 was the anniversary
date of the establishment of the
Columbia River Maritime Mu-
seum, now celebrating its 53rd
year. Rolf Klep was the man who
had the dream to create a world-
class maritime museum on the
site of where so much history was
made, the shores of the mighty
Columbia River in Astoria. With
the support of a community of
like-minded citizens with vision,
he was able to make part of that
dream a reality in 1962 with the
creation of a museum in the old
City Hall building.
Still dreaming of a water-
front site, these three images
show the evolution of that con-
cept beginning with a sketch
for a maritime park from 1965.
Next is a colored rendering from
1975 showing an early idea for
a museum. The third is another
rendering from 1975 showing a
museum much like it was actu-
ally built in 1982. The dream is
still manifesting itself today.
Jeff Smith is curator of the
Columbia River Maritime Mu-
seum.
Courtesy Columbia River Maritime Museum
In 1965, this rendering was drawn as a proposed waterfront park where the Columbia River Maritime Museum now stands. The concept included
docking for Coast Guard vessels, a small-boat basin, boat exhibition building and a covered grandstand for viewing.
Courtesy Columbia River Maritime Museum
ABOVE: This design was chosen in 1975 for the Columbia River Maritime Museum. It is
very similar to what was built in 1982. LEFT: This was one design floated in 1975 for the
Columbia River Maritime Museum. Another rendering was chosen.
Existing alternative fuel stations will get new carbon credits
By HILLARY BORRUD
Capital Bureau
SALEM — Supporters
of Oregon’s low-carbon fuel
standard offered a simple
promise as lawmakers con-
sidered legislation to make
the program permanent ear-
lier this year.
The standard would re-
duce carbon emissions from
transportation fuel in the
state by 10 percent over the
next decade, through a com-
bination of cleaner biofuels
blended into gas and diesel,
as well as credits to incen-
tivize alternatives such as
propane-fueled vehicles. In
written testimony echoed
by other supporters, Rikki
Seguin with the group Envi-
ronment Oregon called for
lawmakers to support the fuel
standard because it would re-
sult in “10 percent less car-
bon pollution from transpor-
tation fuels over 10 years.”
Now, as companies and
governments prepare to sign
up to generate and sell carbon
credits through the program,
the state and supporters of
the standard acknowledge
Oregon might never meet
that 10 percent goal. That is
because the program allows
owners to count existing al-
‘A credit is simply proof of
that pollution reduction.
Credits are really how the
program works, in a sense. All
types of different low-carbon
fuels can generate credits.’
CAPITAL
THE
BUREAU
— Jana Gastellum
climate program director at the Oregon Environmental Council
ternative fuel stations — in-
cluding hundreds of electric
vehicle charging stations
and dozens of propane vehi-
cle fueling stations — as if
as if they’re producing new
carbon reductions when the
state begins awarding carbon
credits in 2016.
For the companies and
governments that own those
stations, Oregon will pro-
vide a reward for something
they were already doing,
rather than a new reduction
in pollution. It’s another po-
tential benefit for projects
that were already eligible to
receive other state support,
such as energy tax credits.
Starting next year, trans-
portation fuel importers and
producers in Oregon will re-
ceive credits from the state
that reflect the total carbon
emissions during the life cy-
cle of a particular fuel, from
extraction and processing
through combustion. Com-
panies, governments and
other entities that offer fuel
with carbon content below
the state standard for a par-
ticular year can generate
credits to sell to other fuel
importers and producers,
who need credits to offset
dirtier fuels.
“A credit is simply proof
of that pollution reduction,”
said Jana Gastellum, cli-
mate program director at
the Oregon Environmental
Council. “Credits are really
how the program works, in a
sense. All types of different
low-carbon fuels can gener-
ate credits.”
Pamplin Media Group
See CREDITS, Page 4C
An electric car charging station in Madras. Existing stations such as this will be eligible
for low-carbon credits under a state program designed to reduce carbon emissions.
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From left: Peter W on g, H illa ry Borru d , M a teu sz Perk ow sk i