To: The Washington State House, The Washington State Senate, and Governor Jay Inslee
Stop the Coal Trains
Governor Inslee and the Washington Legislature:
We say NO to the fossil fuel industry. No coal trains and coal terminals on the West Coast. Leave the coal in the ground.
Please join with us and help us stop the coal trains.
We say NO to the fossil fuel industry. No coal trains and coal terminals on the West Coast. Leave the coal in the ground.
Please join with us and help us stop the coal trains.
Why is this important?
The fossil fuel industry is determined to move coal from North America to Asia through ports on the west coast. Burning this coal locks in disastrous amounts of global warming and weather disruption around the world.
Moving coal through our communities will leave coal dust in the air and on the ground increasing incidence and severity of asthma and other respiratory diseases. Coal is a jobs program for the health care industry and is a disaster for schools and school children near the rail lines.
Why does anyone think this is a good idea? The fossil fuel industry will tout jobs and economics and argues that if we don't allow the coal to be moved through our communities, it will go elsewhere and still be burned. The long term environmental stability of the planet hangs in the balance and industry wants to tout jobs that will push the planet over the climate cliff. Communities and states must rise and stop this foolish enterprise. It's time for the Evergreen State to act Green.
Governor Inslee in Washington State says the coal trains will not go forward without complete studies and environmental impact statements. Ok, fine, study the issue, but at the end of the studies, these coal trains cannot be allowed to move through the West Coast Ports. The global change to a sustainable energy grid depends on human beings weaning ourselves from fossil fuels. This is how we do it. We say no to fossil fuels. The pressure for energy that builds with an embargo on fossil fuel will power the green energy industry.
Global warming is a jobs program. It's time to get to work to stop global warming and build the green energy grid. Let's stop the coal trains and get to work on the green energy grid that will keep our planet stable.
Moving coal through our communities will leave coal dust in the air and on the ground increasing incidence and severity of asthma and other respiratory diseases. Coal is a jobs program for the health care industry and is a disaster for schools and school children near the rail lines.
Why does anyone think this is a good idea? The fossil fuel industry will tout jobs and economics and argues that if we don't allow the coal to be moved through our communities, it will go elsewhere and still be burned. The long term environmental stability of the planet hangs in the balance and industry wants to tout jobs that will push the planet over the climate cliff. Communities and states must rise and stop this foolish enterprise. It's time for the Evergreen State to act Green.
Governor Inslee in Washington State says the coal trains will not go forward without complete studies and environmental impact statements. Ok, fine, study the issue, but at the end of the studies, these coal trains cannot be allowed to move through the West Coast Ports. The global change to a sustainable energy grid depends on human beings weaning ourselves from fossil fuels. This is how we do it. We say no to fossil fuels. The pressure for energy that builds with an embargo on fossil fuel will power the green energy industry.
Global warming is a jobs program. It's time to get to work to stop global warming and build the green energy grid. Let's stop the coal trains and get to work on the green energy grid that will keep our planet stable.