Coal and our community don’t mix
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filed under:
Washington
By
Thomas Wake
The Skagit Argus
June 07, 2011
Shipping 50 million tons of coal annually would mean 18 to 20 more coal trains clogging our communities every day. These coal trains would be uncovered, as they are now, and would spew toxic coal dust all along the train routes.
As a longtime Skagit resident I am very concerned about the proposed
coal export project at Cherry Point near Bellingham. If approved, the
proposed terminal would ship millions of tons of coal each year to China
and other Asian nations. Right now, the proposal is for 24 million tons
each year, but that is just to start.
