For the second third issue in a row, The NW Examiner is taking a hard look [PDF] at ESCO, which produces steel in a neighborhood better known for boutiques and expensive housing. (ESCO has also long operated a dump for its foundry waste on Sauvie Island).
The Examiner hired freelancer Paul Koberstein, a veteran environmental reporter who has written for The Oregonian, WW and other publications, to examine ESCO’s emissions, which have been a major point of contention in the neighborhood. This month’s issue also includes a back-and-forth between Koberstein and ESCO’s environmental manager, Carter Webb, over last month’s piece.
Full disclosure, WW’s office is in NW Portland, so we breathe the neighborhood’s often not-very-pleasant air.
Read The Examiner’s September and October reports on Esco here.
Illustration courtesy of Esco
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Nigel: I think that is Paul’s 3rd story on Esco in the Examiner. Can you put up links to the two previous ones too?
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Someone needs to do some investigative journalism of the Oregonian printing facilities over near the stadium. What the hell are those guys using over there? There’ve gotta be some babies with three eyes in that neighborhood!
The Examiner rocks. Not only does it feature several original stories every issue, but it engages in actual investigative journalism–seemingly a dying craft. The paper also has an extensive section devoted to dozens of community volunteering opportunities. I think it makes me a better, more informed citizen, and I look forward to every issue. In these tough times for newspapers, the Examiner is a great example of how focusing on the basics makes for a paper worth reading.
The NW Examiner is a joke. They re-write the same article and stick it in every issue. If the NW Examiner didn’t have ESCO to write bout, it would go bankrupt.
P.S. This is about the tenth story about ESCO, not the third. Learn to count.