Writing in support of the ordinance imposing an interim moratorium on fossil fuel facility expansion at Cherry Point / Letter to the Whatcom County Council, Dena Jensen

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Public Hearing on this ordinance will be held Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 7 p.m. at 311 Grand Ave., Bellingham. You can view the resolution on the Whatcom County website at this link: http://whatcomcounty.us/DocumentCenter/View/21171
Public Hearing on this ordinance will be held Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 7 p.m. at 311 Grand Ave., Bellingham. You can view the resolution on the Whatcom County website at this link: http://whatcomcounty.us/DocumentCenter/View/21171
Public Hearing on this ordinance will be held Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 7 p.m. at 311 Grand Ave., Bellingham. You can view the resolution on the Whatcom County website at this link: http://whatcomcounty.us/DocumentCenter/View/21171
Public Hearing on this ordinance will be held Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 7 p.m. at 311 Grand Ave., Bellingham. You can view the resolution on the Whatcom County website at this link: http://whatcomcounty.us/DocumentCenter/View/21171

 

September 25, 2016  Dena Jensen

Dear Whatcom County Council:
I am writing in support of the “Ordinance imposing an interim moratorium on the acceptance and processing of applications and permits for new or expanded facilities in the Cherry Point urban growth area, the primary purpose of which would be the shipment of unrefined fossil fuels not to be processed at Cherry Point.”

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The CAO Presentation To County Council / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris

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Yesterday at 3:17am  September 21, 2016  Wendy Harris

At the staff presentation to the county council on the Critical Area Ordinance, staff provided their goals and proposed changes (why are they making changes now?) without explaining how the CAO worked or how the new proposals fit into the CAO requirements. They skipped any mention of the Critical Aquifer Recharge Areas, and only mentioned farm plans with regard to an suggestion for an annual report. I felt this left the council and public uninformed. Continue reading →

“Say Her Name: No More Silence” March / Bellingham Racial Justice Coalition

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September 22, 2016  Racial Justice Coalition

From the Facebook event information page:

Womxn (conventionally known as ‘women’) are silenced, womxn are erased, womxn are ignored, womxn are abused, womxn are victimized. Moreover womxn of color are continuously subjected to silence, erasure, violence and invisibility. Including the aforementioned we are constantly treated as objects, threats, even aggressors while being demonized and scapegoated.

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“Should work toward completion of the EIS be resumed, a new schedule will be developed.” / Noisy Waters Northwest, Dena Jensen

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September 19, 2016  Dena Jensen

Okay, what’s past is past.  The vote was cast to extend the contract for the GPT EIS Preparation.  But a sell job was done by the Whatcom County Executive office and I think it is important to understand how it was a sell job.  I believe I have pinned this down for my own understanding and maybe this explanation will help others understand why “contract completion” of the GPT EIS preparation contract is not accurate to describe what has now been approved by the Whatcom County Council, and why “contract suspension” is accurate and clearly indicates the EIS preparation, thus the contract, will not be completed, and can carry on in the future if the county and CH2M HILL agree to do so.  Continue reading →

Please approve an extension for the emergency moratorium to protect Cherry Point / Letter to Whatcom County Council, Dena Jensen

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September 18, 2016  Dena Jensen

Dear Whatcom County Council:

I have been trying to think if I have anything to say, now that you have already cast your votes to remain in a relationship with GPT proponents/consultants for another six months.

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Our question to Whatcom County remains: Where are those documents? / Public Comment to Whatcom County Council, Sandy Robson / Commentary by Dena Jensen

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GPT Project Documents listed on  Whatcom County’s GPT webpage as of 11 a.m. September 14, 2016, after the Whatcom County Council meeting on September 13, 2016.  Click the graphic to see if it has perhaps been updated with more records.

September 14, 2016 Sandy Robson

“Beyond that I want to go on record, most of all what I was writing about – I felt was really important  – is that our county administration, Jack Louws and his administration, have refused to put correspondence and documents related to the GPT project on the GPT page of the county website. They had two documents, only, on there for the entirety of 2016 until myself and a few handful of people started writing them on – I believe it was July 29th – and asked them: where are those documents?

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Minor Earthquake in Sudden Valley Is A Valuable Reminder / Whatcom Unified Emergency Management, Public Information Officer

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September 7, 2016   Whatcom Unified Emergency Management Public Information Officer

Last night, at approximately 11:50 PM a magnitude 3.2 earthquake occurred near Lake Whatcom and the Sudden Valley area.  While there has been no reported damage from this earthquake, it serves as a good reminder to the community that Whatcom County is part of a seismically active area of the country. […]

Read the Public Information Officer’s full post on the Whatcom Unified Emergency Management’s website here.