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
Tag Archives: GPT
2015 Totem Pole Journey to Otter Creek begins / Facebook post, Coal Stop
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
My message to Montana Congressman Zinke / Facebook post, Sj Robson
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
Ballew to Daines: ‘That day is no more’ / Coal Stop, Sandy Robson
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
Propositioning, suing, and referendum-ing a path toward a coal terminal / Facebook post, Sj Robson
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
SSA Marine’s new PR partnership / Facebook post, Sj Robson
Portion of August 13, 2015, SSA Marine Press Release published on Business Wire online, http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150813005969/en/#.Vc6ImkXfUu0
19 hrs August 13, 2015 Sandy Robson
Let’s review this bs partnership: Continue reading
Common Threads to Common Threads / Facebook post, Sj Robson
20 hrs August 8, 2015 Sandy Robson
Common Threads Northwest is suing Whatcom County over the proposed “Five Fair and Equal Districts” charter amendment that was approved to be placed on the Nov. ballot by the County Council. Continue reading
WHAT DO MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS & COAL HAVE IN COMMON / Evergreen State Journal, Bill Walker
August 8, 2015 Bill Walker
I have a disease it’s called Multiple Sclerosis which is a neurodegenerative disorder that is slowly and silently destroying my central nervous system. Continue reading
Montana Mischief – U.S. Senate applies pressure to Cherry Point review / Cascadia Weekly, Tim Johnson
Wednesday, August 5, 2015 Tim Johnson
Steve Daines is not happy with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and that agency’s decisions about the handling of the review process for the Gateway Pacific Terminal coal pier proposed for Cherry Point.[…] Continue reading
GPT submitting “policy guidance” to Whatcom County on the Comprehensive Plan / Facebook Post, Sj Robson
3 hrs August 1, 2015 Sandy Robson
An example of the attempted manipulation of our Whatcom County land use policies by Gateway Pacific Terminal proponents and their advocacy groups is this July 24, 2015 letter from Northwest Jobs Alliance (AKA Gateway Pacific Terminal) to the Whatcom County Planning Commission. Continue reading
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