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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Bellingham and the northern areas has a key joint in the
transfer of resources, that pull specifically from the Powder
River Basin traveling northward.
And so the effect I'm trying to say is that the
choices we make here are going to have impact far beyond. And
some would say daunting; others would say this is fortunate.
This area that we know as home is being co-opted to
what is fundamentally an earth-destroying economy, and we need
to make a choice what position we're going to take. Are we
going to stand by and support it or are we going to say -- or
are we going to put our bodies in between the economy and what
is being destroyed?
This is our home. I believe that this community will
not let this project come to pass by any means necessary, and
for that reason --
MS. HULL: Thank you. Can I have your comment.
Looks like we have our next three speakers come up on
their own.
THE SPEAKER: Hello. Thank you very much for having
me. My name is Victoria McKenzie McHarg. I'm from an
organization called Environmental Victoria based in Melbourne,
Australia. I came here to learn from you and your community,
but I've discovered that I have a few warnings that I can share
from my own experience.
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