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
Page 116
of tons of coal annually to Cherry Point will result in
millions of tons of greenhouse gas.
Please study the impacts of those greenhouse gas
emissions on the ongoing acidification of the north Pacific,
which affects the salmon, the shellfish in our waters.
Please study likely to contribute to change in
temperatures and rainfall and their impact on the health of our
forest.
Please study transport, particularly issues from coal
burned in China and its impact on our regional air quality in
the Pacific Northwest.
The scale of the coal project proposed at Cherry Point
ensures it will have environmental impact. Washingtonians are
no more isolated from what happens in China. For this EIS to
be successful, it must address the long-term regional and
global environmental impacts.
For these reasons, I respectfully request that the
Army Corps include Cherry Point in their regional, other coal
export facilities proposed for the northwest. Washingtonians
deserve to know the coal port putting our fisheries at greater
risk. And whether putting our forests at greater risk is worth
it for greenhouse gas climate change.
Thank you.
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