Bellingham Comments from Digital Recorder - EISs for the Proposed ...

GATEWAY PACIFIC TERMINAL EIS SCOPING HEARING VOL. I
COURT REPORTER: GWEN BRASS PROCEEDING DATE: October 27, 2012
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daughter based on the project? At that point we can all decide
how much cancer is worth the good jobs now, how much cancer
will be worth the good jobs later.
Thank you.
MR. STURTEVANT: 66, 67, and 68.
THE SPEAKER: Hi. Can you hear me? My name is Bill
Hinely. I live at 2676 Donovan Avenue, Bellingham, Washington.
And I'm going to read you a statement. Listen very
carefully because what you're getting here today is the future
of life on planet earth as we have known it. That is what
we're talking about.
In 1992, 1,575 world scientists signed something they
called World Scientists' Warning to Humanity, in which they
said: Human beings and the natural world are on a collision
course. Human activities inflict harsh and often irreversible
damage on the environment and on critical resources. If not
checked, many of our current practices put at serious risk the
future we wish for human society and the plant and animal
kingdoms, and may so alter this living world that it will be
unable to sustain life in the manner that we have known it.
Fundamental changes are urgent if we are to avoid the collision
our planet will -- our present course will bring us.
Climate change is happening and that -- and there's a
huge body of scientific evidence to support the theory that it
is due mostly to human activity.
So I would just say to you that what we need now is