December 13, 2015 Sandy Robson
Until Congressman Rick Larsen withdraws his support for GPT, his proclamations about his efforts to protect Washington state’s environment, ring hollow. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Lummi Nation
Time to Tell Senators to Say NO to Amendment 13 Limiting Treaty Rights / Facebook post, Sj Robson
6 mins December 3, 2015 Sandy Robson ACTION
Politicians working on behalf of SSA Marine/Pacific International Terminals’ Gateway Pacific Coal Terminal (GPT) and coal industry interests, have managed to propose an amendment (#13) which would prohibit the denial of a permit for the construction, operation, or maintenance of an export facility until all reviews required under NEPA are complete. Continue reading
Climate Marchers: Listen with Your Heart / Cheryl Crooks Photography, Cheryl Crooks
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.
SSA Marine/PIT/GPT’s latest “News Release” warrants a “Cautionary Note” / Facebook post, Sj Robson
Yesterday at 10:04am When reading a propaganda piece such as the November 17, 2015 “News Alert” shown in the photo from SSA Marine/Pacific International Terminals/Gateway Pacific Terminal, it’s important to remember that the Lummi Nation is continuing to proceed through the proper channels to address their Nation’s treaty rights; government to government with the U.S. federal government, in this case being the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Continue reading
Nature’s Trust – Kids sue the state to fight climate change / Cascadia Weekly, Tim Johnson
Wednesday, November 7, 2015 Tim Johnson
Children huddled in the autumn chill outside the King County Courthouse on Tues., Nov. 3. They weren’t waiting to cast a vote.[…] Continue reading
What Do Coal Port Interests’ Clear Choices Mean? / Coal Stop, Sandy Robson
10/23/2015 Facebook comment by Clear Ballot Choices (Pacific International Terminals LLC) Campaign Manager and Committee Chair Ron Reimer after the date the PAC registered with the PDC.
October 26, 2015 Sandy Robson
News broke this past weekend in Whatcom County about a last minute coal terminal-funded PAC, formed by Gateway Pacific Terminal (GPT) applicant Pacific International Terminals LLC, to support Charter Review Commission-generated Props 1, 2, and 3, and to oppose citizen-proposed Prop 9, placed on the November election ballot, via ordinance, by the Whatcom County Council. The PAC is named Clear Ballot Choices (Pacific International Terminals, LLC). Continue reading
Senator Doug Ericksen (R-Ferndale) tells us how he really feels about tribal treaty rights / Facebook post, Sj Robson
22 hrs October 5, 2015 Sandy Robson
Senator Doug Ericksen (R-Ferndale) tells us how he really feels about tribal treaty rights, and misinforms the public while opining: Continue reading
Link to Bellingham Herald video clip of Lummi fishers crabbing where GPT coal dock is proposed / Noisy Waters Northwest
October 2, 2015 Dena Jensen
I am posting a link to this video of a September 15 fishing trip recorded by photographer Evan Abell and reporter Ralph Schwartz of The Bellingham Herald, Continue reading
Everything old is new again: Native American rights and the Gateway Pacific Terminal / Noisy Waters Northwest
September 16, 2015 Dena Jensen
In a January 2014 article printed in the monthly Whatcom Watch publication, author Sandra Robson suggested, “Let’s pretend we are big corporations like SSA/PIT and BNSF, who desperately want this coal terminal [Gateway Pacific Terminal or GPT] to be permitted and built,” and asked, “…what could our pretend corporations do about the roadblock that the Lummi Nation presents to the proposed GPT ?” Continue reading
The public continues to be letdown by some of our local media in reporting on the Gateway Pacific Terminal / Facebook post, Sj Robson
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
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