Fw: TAKE ACTION: Oppose the Coal Industry's Export Plans

[Thomas Olbert]

--- On Fri, 11/8/13, Earthjustice Alerts <act...@earthjustice.org> wrote:

> From: Earthjustice Alerts <act...@earthjustice.org>
> Subject: TAKE ACTION: Oppose the Coal Industry's Export Plans
> To: twm...@yahoo.com
> Date: Friday, November 8, 2013, 12:00 PM
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> TAKE ACTION! Oppose the Coal
> Industry's Export Plans
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> If approved, the Millennium Bulk Terminals in
> Longview, WA would be the largest permitted coal export
> terminal in the United States. Stand up against this harmful
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> Action Today!
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> Dear Thomas,
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> Here lies coal, gasping for
> air. The dirty fossil fuel is getting hit from all
> sides: public health standards, a tough domestic energy
> market, and active grassroots opposition.
> But coal is trying to build an escape
> hatch: my home region, the Pacific Northwest. Coal
> companies are desperately seeking outlets to foreign
> markets, where they hope to continue burning the
> world’s filthiest fossil fuel despite the risks to
> public health and a changing climate.
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> can stop this from happening: speak out against the coal
> industry’s latest export terminal
> plan.
> The Millennium Bulk Terminals in Longview, WA
> would be the largest permitted coal export terminal in the
> United States, with plans to ship 44 million tons of coal
> annually. Right now, the three agencies involved in issuing
> permits are trying to decide which impacts to take into
> account in their decision making process.
> If this project is approved, rail-side
> communities would be peppered with airborne coal dust and
> gigantic cargo vessels would ply the Columbia River daily.
> Even worse, this project would turn the Northwest into one
> of the world’s largest exporters of climate-disrupting
> coal. It doesn’t matter where that coal is burned, we
> all feel the impacts of its global warming pollution.
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> need you to voice your concerns and make sure the agencies
> consider the full impact.
> Thomas, we’ve accomplished great
> things in this fight:
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> New and updated clean air standards
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> The first-ever veto of a mountaintop removal
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> Newly-proposed limits on industrial carbon
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> A single coal export terminal could undo so
> much of our progress. Let’s
> stand up against these dirty plans and demand a better,
> cleaner future for our children.
> Sincerely,
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> Jan Hasselman
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> Attorney, Northwest Office
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> Credits:   Top: A loaded
> cargo ship at a coal export terminal. (Aleksey Stemmer /
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>  Bottom: Coal piled in open railroad cars.
> (Christina Richards / Shutterstock)
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