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

GATEWAY PACIFIC TERMINAL EIS SCOPING HEARING VOL. II
COURT REPORTER: BETH DRUMMOND PROCEEDING DATE: October 27, 2012
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1 threatening, negative impact on our health and environment.
2 And, today, we live in the 21st century. We don't live in
3 the 20th century. We don't live in the 19th century.
4 And on this 21st century Environmental Impact
5 Statement, we cannot ignore 21st century science. This
6 means that any infrastructure that promotes the burning of
7 coal, must address the environmental impact of global
8 warming.
9 All systems are interconnected. Our health in
10 Whatcom County is affected by burning coal anywhere on the
11 planet. So building a coal terminal contributes to that
12 impact. To not include the environmental impact in your
13 scoping about global warming, would either be dishonest; it
14 would politically motivated; or it would be dismissive of
15 science-based evidence.
16 So, furthermore, Environmental Impact Statement
17 for GPS seriously -- if the Environmental Impact Statement
18 for GPS seriously addressed this looming environmental
19 hazard, there's no way that the GPS terminal should be
20 built.
21 The good jobs now and in the future, are in
22 developing energy sources that are not fossil fuels. Coal
23 is so 19th century. Be brave. Don't just do what
24 everybody's done in the past.
25 MS STRAUSZ-CLARK: 29, 30 and 31. 29 you're at