Wednesday November 30, 2016 Wendy Harris
According to Louws, the primary reason he vetoed the budget was
the $150,000 set aside for independent legal review of the options available to county council to control the export of unrefined fossil fuel from Cherry Point. Continue reading
November 28, 2016 Dena Jensen
Below you will find links to three PDF files that wonderful people have compiled that provide web links, snail mail addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers that you can access to offer your support, in numerous ways, of those protecting water and tribal treaty rights in Standing Rock North Dakota as they face eviction from treaty lands by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Talking points are provided as well. Continue reading
October 24, 2016 Dena Jensen
Dear Whatcom County Planning Commission:
I have been reading through the comments posted on the Cherry Point Amendments page of the Whatcom County website. In light of the comments made by Cherry Point refinery employees and contractors who emphasized their efforts to maintain safety as a priority in their workplace, I wanted to offer some additional information to consider that is not strongly represented yet in the comments to date. Continue reading
September 25, 2016 Dena Jensen
August 28, 2016 Dena Jensen
Today at 5:34 PM
Dear Whatcom County Council:
First, please accept my sincere gratitude for your efforts, that will help serve to safeguard the lands, waters, life forms, and historic, cultural and spiritual resources at Cherry Point, in issuing your emergency moratorium on the acceptance and processing of applications and permits for new or expanded facilities in the Cherry Point Urban Growth Area, while the Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan Amendments to Chapter 2 Land Use, Cherry Point UGA, proposed by Council Member Weimer are being reviewed by the Whatcom County Planning Commission.
I am also writing you today to make sure you are aware of a Call to Action from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North Dakota, who oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline. Continue reading
I had planned to write something else for my blog post today, but decided after participating in today’s Climate March that I needed to write about this instead.
September 19, 2015 Dena Jensen
“The Perilous History of White Supremecy in Bellingham/Whatcom County”, a Perilous Press History Project by Junga Subedar, Neah Monteiro, Brooke Hagopian, is an informative and vital zine on an issue that is growing to be more critical by the moment in our region. Continue reading
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