5 hrs September 7, 2015 Sandy Robson
I read a September 2 article in the Northern Light which reported on the latest news about the Lummi Nation’s Lummi Indian Business Council’s August 27 letter to the Army Corps of Engineers, and the news that the Lummi Nation retained Dentons law firm for potential future litigation on the GPT issue. Continue reading
7 hrs September 2, 2015 Sandy Robson
All of us are entitled to our opinions on issues and we have the privilege to submit letters to the editor for our local newspapers. Continue reading
by Sandy Robson
An August 13, 2015 joint press release issued by SSA Marine, Cloud Peak Energy, and the Crow Tribe announced that, “the Crow Tribe and Cloud Peak Energy are joining SSA Marine as partners in the Gateway Pacific Terminal.” Continue reading
Fri, Aug 28, 2015, 11:16 am Tip Johnson
The Lummi are fishers and according to an article in the Bellingham Herald are “done talking” about the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal. I don’t blame them. Continue reading
12:11pm August 29, 2015 Sandy Robson
After Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke came to Whatcom County on August 18 to tour the Gateway Pacific coal terminal site at Cherry Point, I thought I’d let him know what many of us here think about his efforts to undermine the Lummi Nation’s treaty rights and his pro-GPT propaganda message. Continue reading
August 24, 2015 Dena Jensen
Hey, today is the one-year anniversary of the Coal Stop blog. I had no idea when I started it, whether it would still be alive 365 days (or 7 days, for that matter) down the road. Continue reading
2 hrs August 21, 2015 Dena Jensen ACTION
For over a decade Lummi Elder and House of Tears Carver Jewell James has been creating totem poles and taking journeys to deliver them, which have allowed people to meet together over those totem poles and heal. Continue reading
54 mins August 20, 2015 Sandy Robson ACTION
The recent Herald article (advertisement is more like it) about the Montana delegation coming to town to tour the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal site at Cherry Point really irritated me—for many reasons. Continue reading
Coal train near Coal Strip power plants in Colstrip, Montana. Photo by Nick Mullins, summer 2015
August 15, 2015 Sandy Robson
United States Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) is on a mission. His mission is to do whatever it takes to get the Gateway Pacific Terminal (GPT), a 48 million metric-ton-per-year coal export terminal, permitted and built. The GPT project is proposed in Whatcom County, Washington, and would be sited at Xwe’chi’eXen (Cherry Point), along the shoreline, which is part of the Lummi Nation’s traditional fishing area. The company proposing GPT is Pacific International Terminals (PIT), a subsidiary created for the project by SSA Marine. Continue reading
17 hrs August 16, 2015 Sandy Robson
On the August 8 Saturday Morning Live KGMI radio show, hosted by Tea Party Treasurer Kris Halterman, she announced a “Liberty Alert,” in which she spoke briefly about a new effort she is involved in for a referendum to be placed on the 2016 general election ballot. Continue reading
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