Dear Safe Shippers, Let’s continue with that awesome Orca Protectors Power we generated in the July 4th Parade by writing to our state’s Department of Ecology to ask them to deny the water quality permit for Millennium Bulk Terminals’ proposed coal export terminal on the Columbia River. They need to hear from us ASAP — […]
Dear Safe Shippers, This message is filled with GOOD NEWS we thought you would like to read! Many of these success stories are ones that Safe Shippers can be especially proud to celebrate — because we spoke up and did our part to help keep our islands and our region a safe, healthy and […]
Opposition to Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion is growing! This pipeline expansion would triple Canada’s tar sands exports and increase crude oil tanker traffic and oil spill risk in our waters. British Columbia’s new NDP/Green Party government has vowed to use “every tool available” to oppose the pipeline and tanker traffic expansion. Let’s get […]
Safe Shippers! We are really good at speaking up for a Safe Salish Sea! This time, we have to speak up loudly enough for Canada to hear us. THE CONCERN: There are 20 new and expanding terminal projects proposed for the Salish Sea. If they all happen, shipping traffic will increase by nearly 40%. […]
Southern Resident Killer Whales will be recognized in a display on the San Juan County Courthouse and Council Chamber lawns on Endangered Species Day, Friday, May 19, 2017. There will be 86 orca whale dorsal fins displayed representing the 78 living free members of the Southern Resident Killer Whale J, K and L pods, plus the […]
Dear Safe Shippers, The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) rulemaking to establish official anchorage areas on the eastern edge of our island archipelago doesn’t include a full environmental review. These anchorages neighbor several federal, state, and locally protected areas that are important to many San Juan Islanders, including the Jack Island and Vendovi Island Preserves, […]
The Tesoro refinery in Anacortes has come out with a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) that includes manufacturing and exporting xylene to Asia. Xylene (pronounced ZIE-leen) is a highly volatile, hazardous and toxic petrochemical which has never before been manufactured in our region and transported through our waters. This project will require 120 additional (annual?) […]
Dear Safe Shippers, You are powerful! You made Salish Sea Stands Lobby Day a success! You showed up in Olympia, stood on the Capitol steps, and sat at the table with our representatives. Three days after we made our impressive showing in Olympia, HB 1611 (the Oil Transportation Safety Bill we are supporting) passed […]
Safe Shippers gather with fellow warriors to make a pod of hundreds as Salish Sea Stands against Kinder Morgan Pipeline Expansion and for Safe Shipping and for the orcas. We rallied on our islands on January 16 and again on the Capitol steps in Olympia on February 13 to let our legislators know that we are serious about protecting […]
Dear Islanders for Safe Shipping, It’s been a little over a year since our Safe Shippers website was last active — a year to rest and recharge our batteries. That’s a good thing, because we are going to need as much energy as we can muster! The fight to save our island waters, and the creatures therein, isn’t […]
San Juan Islanders for Safe Shipping 