To: Port of Vancouver Board of Commissioners, Jerry Oliver, Commission President, Brian Wolfe, Commission Vice President, and Nancy I. Baker, Commission Secretary
Reject Massive Oil Export Port in Vancouver, WA
Port of Vancouver Commissioners,
Oil giant Tesoro is proposing a new oil export facility that would transform the Port of Vancouver into one of the West Coast's largest oil ports—and would dramatically increase the carbon pollution that is fueling the droughts, heat waves, wildfires, and severe storms affecting our kids and communities.
Tesoros proposal could put as many as 1,400 trains per year—four full trains of oil every day—on routes through Vancouver neighborhoods. These trains would carry the same kind of oil that tragically exploded, devastating the community, after a train derailment in Lac-Megantic, Quebec just weeks ago. We cannot take this risk with our communities in the Pacific Northwest.
Right now, Vancouver is a leading shipper of wind turbine components. If this proposal were approved, instead of being a clean economy leader, Vancouver would be adding an oil terminal that would incentivize more extraction of dirty fossil fuels, only deepening our dependence on dirty energy at home and abroad.
Please reject Tesoro's dangerous proposal.
Oil giant Tesoro is proposing a new oil export facility that would transform the Port of Vancouver into one of the West Coast's largest oil ports—and would dramatically increase the carbon pollution that is fueling the droughts, heat waves, wildfires, and severe storms affecting our kids and communities.
Tesoros proposal could put as many as 1,400 trains per year—four full trains of oil every day—on routes through Vancouver neighborhoods. These trains would carry the same kind of oil that tragically exploded, devastating the community, after a train derailment in Lac-Megantic, Quebec just weeks ago. We cannot take this risk with our communities in the Pacific Northwest.
Right now, Vancouver is a leading shipper of wind turbine components. If this proposal were approved, instead of being a clean economy leader, Vancouver would be adding an oil terminal that would incentivize more extraction of dirty fossil fuels, only deepening our dependence on dirty energy at home and abroad.
Please reject Tesoro's dangerous proposal.
Why is this important?
My three year old daughter and I live just across the Columbia River from the Port of Vancouver. On Monday July 22nd, the Port Commission will be considering a proposal from the Tesoro oil giant to build an oil export facility in the Port of Vancouver that would potentially ship up to 360,000 barrels of crude oil every day along the Columbia River. This oil would release more than 56 million metric tons of carbon pollution every year — as much as the annual emissions of 12 million cars. And it would put the Vancouver metro area at risk for environmental contamination, disastrous oil spills, and health problems like asthma and other respiratory diseases.
This oil export terminal would be a major a step backwards for the entire Pacific Northwest.
Tesoro’s proposal could put as many as 1,400 trains per year — four full trains of oil every day — on route through Vancouver neighborhoods. These trains would carry the same kind of oil that tragically exploded, devastating the community, after a train derailment in Lac-Megantic, Quebec just weeks ago. We cannot take this risk for our communities in the Pacific Northwest.
As parents, grandparents, and families, we expect our leaders to promote energy that is kid safe and climate safe. To turn the tide on climate change, we need to make a rapid transition to clean, renewable energy. Tesoro’s proposed export would facility incentivize more extraction of dirty fossil fuels, only deepening our oil dependence at home and abroad. We need to focus on energy projects that don’t make our kids sick or threaten our communities by worsening climate change.
Thank you for taking action!
Corinne Ball, Climate Parents
This oil export terminal would be a major a step backwards for the entire Pacific Northwest.
Tesoro’s proposal could put as many as 1,400 trains per year — four full trains of oil every day — on route through Vancouver neighborhoods. These trains would carry the same kind of oil that tragically exploded, devastating the community, after a train derailment in Lac-Megantic, Quebec just weeks ago. We cannot take this risk for our communities in the Pacific Northwest.
As parents, grandparents, and families, we expect our leaders to promote energy that is kid safe and climate safe. To turn the tide on climate change, we need to make a rapid transition to clean, renewable energy. Tesoro’s proposed export would facility incentivize more extraction of dirty fossil fuels, only deepening our oil dependence at home and abroad. We need to focus on energy projects that don’t make our kids sick or threaten our communities by worsening climate change.
Thank you for taking action!
Corinne Ball, Climate Parents