Every month local activists gather together at the RE Sources Sustainable Living Center from 6:30pm - 8:30pm to share their news and best practices, hear the latest updates from the Power Past Coal campaign trail, find out about upcoming events and actions, and meet other local community members getting engaged in the fight against Big Coal.
*Our next meeting will be held Wednesday, May 8 at 6:30pm at RE Sources Sustainable Living Center. Light refreshments will be provided.
Tell the Army Corps of Engineers We Need an Area-Wide Review of the Cumulative Impacts of Dangerous Coal Export Proposals
Recent
derailments have further heightened concerns about the cumulative
impacts of proposal for 150 million tons of coal moving through our
communities.
Tell the Army Corps of Engineers we need to have a clear, comprehensive, and cumulative review of the risks and threats of coal exports on our communities -- from mine to rail, and from port to plant!
We are deeply saddened about the three coal trains derailed across the country this month - including one in eastern Washington -
holding up or re-routing dozens of trains, and spilling hundreds if not thousands of tons of dirty and toxic coal.
Even more tragic is the news that two people were found dead beneath the train wreckage in Chicago.
Our hearts go out to the families and loved ones of those that have been killed.
Unfortunately, these tragedies involving coal train derailments are not a new problem. Record high temperatures and coal
dust undermine the integrity of train tracks and are known to cause derailments.
It's so bad the railroads have been fighting to get Big Coal to reduce coal dust pollution from their trains.
These
incidents illustrate just one of the many economic, health, safety, and
environmental risks posed by exporting coal through the Pacific
Northwest.
Could
you imagine a coal train derailing in the Columbia River Gorge,
Seattle, Spokane, Aberdeen, Longview, Bellingham or dozens of other
communities in Washington?
The
only way we can ensure our families and communities will be protected
from dangerous coal exports is if people like you across Washington urge
the Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a
regional environmental review of the threats of coal exports -- but if
you don't act it won't happen!
Write the Army Corps of Engineers and ensure, at a minimum, that all the facts are laid on the table through an area-wide environmental study of coal exports and its dangers, before any dirty coal export project is approved!
The
dangers of coal exports affect our whole region and our entire planet.
Act now to protect our communities and our children’s future.
Write a Letter to the Editor of your local paper.
