Happy New Year, Safe Shippers!

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GOOD NEWS! Now there are TWO new babies who have joined our Salish Sea community. ORCA NETWORK WHALE SIGHTING REPORT http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?ca=2043ea4f-8e8b-4c56-b797-fc601631e3fa&c=e8551f90-815a-11e4-a97a-d4ae527599c4&ch=e8598c60-815a-11e4-a97a-d4ae527599c4 HOT OFF THE PRESS! A THIRD BABY ORCA! HOORAY L-94! http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2015/02/26/a-third-baby-orca-whale-and-its-family-is-headed-this-way/#24619101=0 ************ MORE GOOD NEWS You Safe Shippers are awesome! You asked and they listened! Skagit County’s Hearing Examiner is requiring a full environmental […]

Safe Shippers Say NO to Shell’s Game

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Dear Safe Shippers, The Shell Puget Sound Refinery in Anacortes is back at it. Still wanting to expand, this time it’s about the shoreline. In October 2014 it was our clean air they wanted (we wrote letters to the Northwest Clean Air Agency regarding the draft construction permit for the Crude-by-Rail East Gate project). Again, […]

Safe Shippers Support The Lummi Nation

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Dear Safe Shippers,  Once again, the Lummi Nation has spoken an emphatic “NO” to the proposed Gateway Pacific coal terminal (GPT) at Cherry Point. In a recent letter (link here) addressed to the Army Corp of Engineers, the tribe has asked that permits for the terminal be denied. Citing a current vessel traffic study (link here) which shows that the […]

New Year’s Baby!

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Michael Harris Executive Director. Pacific Whale Watch Association (206) 465-6692 December 30, 2014 NEW YEARS BABY! Pacific Whale Watch Association Crews Report New Calf in Endangered Southern Residents; Confirmed by Center for Whale Research The endangered Southern Resident Community of orcas has a New Year’s Baby. Pacific Whale Watch Association (PWWA) […]

Big Oil is a Big Bully

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(Photo of decal posted on my bulletin board. I thought it appropriate for today’s message)   Our Canadian neighbors are in a showdown with Kinder Morgan and they could use our help. Remember Kinder Morgan? It’s the biggest pipeline company in the US and it wants to build another pipeline in Canada. This time it […]

Dear Governor, “These are our waterways, too.”

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Hot off the press! “Marine and Rail Oil Transportation Study” Because of the many plans to move more oil to and through Washington State, Governor Inslee asked the Department of Ecology to conduct a “Marine and Rail Oil Transportation Study” to analyze the risks to public health and safety, and the environmental impacts associated with the increased […]

Four Days of Action – Salish Sea – September 20-23, 2014

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SAVE THE DATES: PROTECT THE SACREDNESS OF THE SALISH SEA – FOUR DAYS OF ACTION – SEPTEMBER 20-23, 2014   The Coast Salish Nations have drafted the International Treaty to Protect the Sacredness of the Salish Sea. The International Treaty will enable Coast Salish Nations and their allies, the Nawt-sa-maat Alliance, to speak with one […]