February 26, 2017 Jay Taber
One thing we learned watching the movie Deepwater Horizon is that British Petroleum puts greed ahead of concerns for human life and the environment. That greed led to BP paying $4.5 billion in fines and penalties in the largest criminal resolution in US history. Continue reading
January 18, 2017 Dena Jensen
Our dear community friend Paul Anderson has made another wonderful contribution by offering his outstanding photography skills to this important book! Please order a copy and spread the news. Click through [the graphic above] to a great write up on the Huffington post. Continue reading
August 14, 2016 Paula Rotundi
August 12, 2016
Dear City Council Members,
It is my understanding from reading The Northern Light that you received a letter from BNSF Railway urging you to refrain from voting to outlaw shipments of oil and coal by rail because such a measure is “unenforceable under federal law and costly for taxpayers”. Before deciding that you must do as BNSF says, I ask that you please consider the following information: Continue reading
In a surprise move, after approving the comp.[Whatcom County Comprehensive] plan, the [Whatcom] county council introduced and passed an emergency moratorium on the acceptance and processing of applications and permits for new and expanded facilities in the Cherry Point UGA area, the primary purpose of which would be the shipment of unrefined fossil fuels not to be processed at Cherry Point. Continue reading
August 7, 2016 Paula Rotundi
Dear Whatcom County Council Members,
Only courts decide what the U.S. Constitution permits and what it prohibits. So I am concerned that County Council appears to be legislating and regulating according to lobbyists’ interpretations and Council Members’ own personal interpretations of the U.S. Constitution. Of particular concern to me are Council’s activities, decisions and comments July 12-26, 2016 regarding proposed changes to the Comprehensive Plan, Chapter 2, Land Use Cherry Point. Continue reading
First coats of paint. Photo credit, Paul Anderson
August 6, 2016 Media Contact, Paul Anderson
lummitotempolejourney@gmail.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 2016
Bellingham (WA) On August 23 the House of Tears Carvers of the Lummi Nation will begin a 5,000-mile trip across the western United States and Canada with a 22-foot long totem pole to bring attention to proposed fossil fuel terminals, oil trains, coal trains, and oil pipelines and the threat they pose to tribes and local communities.
December 19, 2015 Dena Jensen
The 110 page Scoping Report for the Shell Anacortes Oil by Rail facility was released this week on December 18, 2015. Continue reading
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 Bob Simmons
Before Whatcom County citizens had a chance to speak their minds about closing Valley View Road, state and federal agencies appeared to have settled the matter.[…] Continue reading
Large Great Blue Heron colony near March Point is threatened by oil train expansions. Photo with permission of Lance Ekhart Photography.
Sat, Oct 24, 2015, 2:26 pm John Servais
Some Whatcom County environmental folks want to help our neighbors in Skagit County fight the expansion of rail traffic to the Shell refinery near Anacortes. Continue reading
11 hrs August 1, 2015COMMUNITY ALERT:
Are County and City Ignoring Risk, Failing to Plan For Oil Train Disaster?
The county council is meeting this Tuesday and here is the agenda. There are a number of interesting items on the agenda, including modification to the proposal for an incarceration reduction task force. Continue reading
