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GATEWAY PACIFIC TERMINAL EIS SCOPING HEARING VOL. II COURT REPORTER: BETH DRUMMOND PROCEEDING DATE: October 27, 2012 Page 122 1 Institute, a local nonprofit. 2 I want to address an impact that I haven't heard 3 addressed yet. It's not really a direct impact, but it's an 4 indirect one that I think is relevant still. 5 And will be caused by people like myself who do 6 not believe that the Environmental Impact Assessment process 7 itself is legitimate because it's corrupt, and who will take 8 matters into their own hands if this terminal is, in fact, 9 put into operation and stop it using whatever means 10 necessary; whether that means putting their bodies on the 11 line or physically dismantling the infrastructure. 12 Now, this might be a surprise to some of you, but 13 I'm going to tell you why it shouldn't be. We've had an 14 environmental movement, hard environmental movement for the 15 past 40 years. If we look at the beginning of that, Rachel 16 Carson's book, Silent Spring, published in 1962. 17 We've had environmentalists for half a century, 18 and yet every living system on the planet has declined and 19 the rate of decline isn't subtle. There has not been a 20 single, peer-reviewed scientific article that's been 21 published in the past 30 years that contradicts that 22 statement. 23 What's happened over and over again is the 24 Environmental Impact Assessment is, basically, these 25 industrialists tutoring developers and industrialists on how
GATEWAY PACIFIC TERMINAL EIS SCOPING HEARING VOL. II COURT REPORTER: BETH DRUMMOND PROCEEDING DATE: October 27, 2012 Page 123 1 to develop and industrialize in a more friendly way and that 2 is not -- that's not possible, okay? Things are getting 3 worse. 4 Where the -- where are the salmon? Where are the 5 pronghorn antelope of the West Coast? 6 There are less and less forests; less and less 7 fish in the waters. We should not be surprised that people 8 are about to take more militant actions when these things 9 are being proposed and built. 10 So I want it under public record that I, for one, 11 will not come out and speak against people who take matters 12 into their own hands to stop these things. Thank you. 13 MS. STRAUSZ-CLARK: Last call for 81 and 82. 14 Okay. We'll take 83, 84, and 85. 15 83 you're at the microphone. 84 and 85 you're at 16 the desk. Do we have 83 and 84? 17 AUDIENCE MEMBER: 84. 18 MS. STRAUSZ-CLARK: Okay. You're next. 19 THE SPEAKER: I'm next, okay. I'll hurry. 20 MS. STRAUSZ-CLARK: When you're done, fill this 21 out. Again, start by stating your name the into the record. 22 THE SPEAKER: My name is Susan Ravet. I live 23 within a short distance of where the terminal will be built. 24 And I want to reiterate what Dr. James said -- 25 said in the beginning that this process really is a sham,
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