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 jobs and benefits.
2 And I feel like, perhaps, that will help you to
3 all make a more informed decision as to the scope of the
4 scoping process, if you are able to really connect with what
5 this will mean to not just the present moment but to the
6 future. Thank you.
7 MS. STRAUSZ-CLARK: Our last commenter, Ms.
8 Yale. Please state your name for the record.
9 THE SPEAKER: I'm Diane Yale. I'm a homeowner
10 in Sudden Valley.
11 Who wants the coal?
12 A few corporations are proposing a project that
13 will significantly impact the people and the environment of
14 four states.
15 They may have believed that their plan was
16 justified and will be profitable based on early projections
17 that Asian countries, and particularly China, would continue
18 with a large and growing demand for American coal.
19 But the projections were prepared some time ago
20 and circumstances around the globe have changed. The
21 Environmental Impact Statement needs to quantify,
22 particularly, what the assumptions of demand were, and
23 compare that to current and future economic and climate
24 realties.
25 For example, this year in China -- this has been