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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for our families, and good for the -- good for our community to
live in. We want jobs that'll leave the planet in a way that's
better for our children, for my children.
And so what I'm asking you now is what kind of
community do we want here in Bellingham? We are a community of
farmers and fishermen, we are students and indigenous people.
This terminal is not being built here for the well-being of the
people of this community. We need jobs that are going to stay
here in our community for generations to come.
And so what I ask you here in the audience, to fight
with those all in Oregon, in Washington, in Montana.
What I'm asking for you, is to not -- sorry -- is to
not jeopardize the economic well-being and the hopes of our
community, the impact on the agricultural and fisherman
industries for our families here and to choose to not commit
this and jeopardize all these things.
MR. STURTEVANT: 41, 42, and 43. 41, you're up.
THE SPEAKER: My name is Carletta Vanderbilt. I live
in Bellingham.
Air pollution in China also affects our air here. The
coal that Gateway Pacific wants to sends there is too dirty to
be allowed to be burned in the United States. The Chinese
already suffer from poor air quality, and burning fossil fuels
should not be facilitated by us. The air condition in China is
so severe that even healthy people are forced to stay inside.