To: The Washington State House, The Washington State Senate, and Governor Jay Inslee
Governor Inslee: Our Transportation System Can't Handle the Fossil Fuel Loads and the Atmosphere...
End the transportation and export of fossil fuels, materials, and drilling equipment on Washington state rails and roads. Build a clean and sustainable energy grid for the 21st century. Make Washington state a world leader in sustainable energy grid development for the generations to come. It's time for Washington state to truly become "the Evergreen State."
Why is this important?
On May 24, a truck from Calgary-based Mullen Trucking carrying housing for oil drilling equipment to Vancouver, Washington struck and took out the Skagit River bridge on I5. This is a preview of the problems that Washington state is going to experience if we allow the construction and expansion of coal and oil terminals.
Our roads can't handle the huge and heavy loading of tar sands drilling equipment. Our rails and rail crossings can't handle the wear and tear that will come with coal and oil trains. Finally and most importantly, the atmosphere on our planet can't handle the carbon dioxide load that will follow if we maintain our fossil fuel addiction.
We say NO to coal and oil trains in Washington state now.
We say NO to oil and coal terminals in Washington state now.
We say NO to fracking and tar sand destruction.
Let's establish Washington state as a leader in green power by committing to an extensive transition to sustainable energy. Let's build our power system components in Washington state. We need good jobs in Washington state. Let's install a sustainable energy grid that the whole world can use as a model for transition from fossil fuel to clean sustainable energy. We need to fix our infrastructure in Washington state. Let's start by establishing the energy infrastructure for the 21st century.
Our roads can't handle the huge and heavy loading of tar sands drilling equipment. Our rails and rail crossings can't handle the wear and tear that will come with coal and oil trains. Finally and most importantly, the atmosphere on our planet can't handle the carbon dioxide load that will follow if we maintain our fossil fuel addiction.
We say NO to coal and oil trains in Washington state now.
We say NO to oil and coal terminals in Washington state now.
We say NO to fracking and tar sand destruction.
Let's establish Washington state as a leader in green power by committing to an extensive transition to sustainable energy. Let's build our power system components in Washington state. We need good jobs in Washington state. Let's install a sustainable energy grid that the whole world can use as a model for transition from fossil fuel to clean sustainable energy. We need to fix our infrastructure in Washington state. Let's start by establishing the energy infrastructure for the 21st century.