 Upcoming Events:
 These Coal Hard Truth forums, titled Ships, Spills & Sea Life, will feature expert panelists discussing the health and environmental impacts of increased ship traffic through Haro and Rosario Straits and will also feature a public Q and A session. The forums will be moderated by Lindsay Taylor, part of the North Sound Baykeeper team with RE Sources for Sustainable Communities. See Speaker Bios below. Tuesday, Feb 7th 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Lopez Island - The Lopez Center for Community and the Arts 204 Village Road Wednesday, Feb 8th 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Orcas Island - Eastsound Fire Hall 45 Lavendar Lane, Eastsound
Dr. James is currently the Health Officer for San Juan County and for the Nooksack Indian Nation, the Executive Director of HonorWorks (a foundation that promotes a healthy society through the work of artists), and on the organizing committee for Whatcom Docs, a group of local physicians that are working to bring a scientific evaluation of he health impacts of the proposed coal port and coal trains on our community. (Lopez and Orcas) Fred Felleman completed his graduate research on killer whale feeding ecology from the UW in 1986 and has since become an environmental consultant to a variety of local and national marine conservation organizations as well as local and tribal governments. He focuses on the impacts associated with maritime activities with a specialization in oil spill prevention and response efforts, and is also involved with the impacts associated with developing port infrastructure such as the cruise ship terminals at the Port of Seattle and developments at Cherry Point. Matt Krogh is the North Sound Baykeeper at RE Sources for Sustainable Communities in Bellingham. Krogh works to prevent pollution and encourage good stewardship in the North Sound and Straits. His graduate work focused on ecological land use planning. He has co-authored a book on integrity-based decision making. Ginny Wolf is a retired Family Practice Physician, working with the Whatcom Docs to study the research on potential human health impacts of transporting and shipping coal through our counties to Cherry Point. She also works with a group of Skagit County citizens to educate the public about why we should be concerned for our health and local economy, should this terminal be built. (San Juan only) Gateway Pacific Terminal at Cherry Point project overview: Coal companies, recognizing that there is little future growth to be had domestically, have a new plan: export the strip-mined coal that we’re not using to feed Asia's rapidly growing appetite for energy. But they can't export that coal without building a new coal terminal somewhere on the West Coast. Farthest along is the 48 million ton Gateway Pacific coal terminal proposal by SSA Marine (49% owned by Goldman Sachs, and partnering with Peabody Energy), planned to be built at Cherry Point in Bellingham, WA. More details at Coal Train Facts.  Since its creation in 1999, RE Sources North Sound Baykeeper has been protecting the critical ecosystem of the Cherry Point reach- this is the next step in that battle. We need to power past coal. To Power Past Coal, RE Sources started fighting this proposal in fall of 2010. With the aid of community members concerned about the potential impacts of the Gateway Pacific Proposal, we resisted SSA's efforts to generate statements of support from local city and county councils. When the full scale of the new proposal was revealed to be an increase from a 1992 proposal for 8 million tons of wheat and potash to the 2011 proposal for 48 million tons of coal and 6 million tons of "other," we helped found the Power Past Coal coalition with Climate Solutions, Columbia Riverkeeper, Earth Justice, Sierra Club, Washington Environmental Council, and Western Organization for Resource Council. In response to illegal wetland fill by SSA at their proposed site, RE Sources North Sound Baykeeper has filed suit under the Federal Clean Water Act. Join RE Sources and Power Past Coal in this critical fight against a bad idea, in the wrong place, at the wrong time. The Impacts Take Action Donate to RE Sources |
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