Comment EI-19361
Received or sent (printed as 1/5/2013)
To those considering coal transport through Washington State: Please consider keeping Washington ports, air and water free of coal pollution. Having grown up in a coal port in NE Ohio, where filthy air and water, as well as lung disease, especially in the harbor area, seem rampant, a cleaner, safer environment was no small consideration when I relocated to Western Washington. Try a Google Earth search of Ashtabula, Ohio, and take a good look at color of the water along the shoreline. The windowsills in the harbor area are quickly covered with soot, even inside the homes. Many have breathing problems. In addition to obvious air/water/soil concerns, there is the huge issue of clogging already poor traffic patterns as long coal trains close RR intersections for inordinate lengths of time. We need to face the fact that fossil fuels are dirty, expensive, dangerous, and passe. We need not to be transporting this filthy substance to other countries. I'm speaking as an RN, a mother, an asthmatic, a citizen. Please keep coal trains out of Washington State. Thanks you for your consideration. JoAnn Keenan
Submitted by: JoAnn Keenan · Seattle, Washington
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