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
Tag Archives: Steve Daines
Northern Cheyenne Tribe says NO to the proposed Tongue River Railroad / Facebook post, Sj Robson
3 mins September 21, 2015 Sandy Robson
The Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council today voted 9-0 to oppose the controversial Tongue River Railroad, which is critical to developing the proposed Otter Creek coal mine in southeast Montana. 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
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
