“OUR SHARED RESPONSIBILITY” TOTEM POLE BLESSING – SAN JUAN ISLAND – AUGUST 29 FRIENDS of the San Juans and San Juan Island National Historic Park are hosting a Totem Pole Blessing Friday, August 29, 7:00-8:00 pm at English Camp, San Juan Island The totem pole is one of the oldest forms of North American storytelling. […]
OREGON COAL PORT DENIED The Oregon Department of State Lands just denied a permit for Australia-based Ambre Energy’s proposed coal export terminal on the Columbia River – the first time a state agency has formally rejected a permit for one of the Northwest terminals (the terminals at Longview and Cherry Point WA have permits pending). […]
FROM PEOPLE’S CLIMATE MARCH http://peoplesclimate.org/march/ In September, world leaders are coming to New York City for a UN summit on the climate crisis. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is urging governments to support an ambitious global agreement to dramatically reduce global warming pollution. With our future on the line and the whole world watching, we’ll […]
The San Juan Islanders for Safe Shipping booth at the County Fair was a hit! We sold 444 brownies and gathered 322 signatures to attach to the comment letter that we will send to Canada in March — saying “NO” to Kinder Morgan’s proposed pipeline expansion project and the 27 additional tankers a month passing by our front […]
BY TERRY WECHSLER AND FRED FELLEMAN COURTESY TO THE BELLINGHAM HERALD August 6, 2014 A recent op-ed column by John Huntley and Brad Owens, co-chairs of the Northwest Jobs Alliance, claims industrialization of Cherry Point resulted from “decades of careful thought and planning” and describes the environmental community as “strident and aggressive advocates of de-industrializing […]
WE HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK UP ABOUT SAFE SHIPPING IN THE SALISH SEA! THE STORY: Just north of the proposed Gateway Pacific Coal Terminal is the BP Cherry Point Oil Refinery that processes more than 9 million gallons of crude oil per day. The dock that is used for transporting the refined oil has […]
Trans Mountain says it responded to interveners’ questions within the scope of the regulatory review The Canadian Press Posted: Jul 05, 2014 1:05 PM PT Last Updated: Jul 05, 2014 1:05 PM PT A chorus of critics that includes the province of British Columbia and the City of Vancouver claim that Kinder Morgan has […]
Proposed projects would move oil, gas, and coal through the ecologically sensitive marine area. John Roach for National Geographic PUBLISHED MAY 9, 2014 Trains loaded with crude oil from North Dakota’s Bakken shale formation rumble past the outfield bleachers of the Seattle Mariners’ baseball stadium several times a week. From there, the trains head north, […]
The Pacific Northwest stands squarely between the most voracious energy markets in the world and huge fossil fuel deposits in the interior of North America—Powder River Basin coal, Bakken shale oil, Alberta tar sands, and remote natural gas fields. Big energy companies plan to unearth these vast reserves of carbon-intense fuels and put them up […]
“All environmental injury is an assault on democracy because the most important measure of how a democracy is functioning is how it distributes the goods of the land – the commons.” Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
San Juan Islanders for Safe Shipping 