5,000 Mile Tribal Journey to Oppose Expanding Fossil Fuel Exports from West Coast / Press Release, Our Shared Responsibility: A Totem Pole Journey

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First coats of paint.  Photo credit, Paul Anderson

13 hrs August 6, 2016  Media Contact, Paul Anderson

lummitotempolejourney@gmail.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 2016

Bellingham (WA) On August 23 the House of Tears Carvers of the Lummi Nation will begin a 5,000-mile trip across the western United States and Canada with a 22-foot long totem pole to bring attention to proposed fossil fuel terminals, oil trains, coal trains, and oil pipelines and the threat they pose to tribes and local communities.

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“Oil wasted on the ocean and upon Our seas, fish full of mercury ” – M. Gaye / Letter to the Whatcom County Council, Mike Sennett

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July 25, 2016  Mike Sennett

Letter to the Whatcom County Council:

Now that the Council has handed off the Chapter 2 ball to the Planning Commission, you will have more time to look around and see what else is going on in our state.  Continue reading