Comment EI-19464
Received or sent (printed as 1/7/2013)
I was active in the maritime industry for nearly 40 years. • I worked in the steamship business in San Francisco, Oakland, Portland, and Seattle. • I worked for a Seattle stevedoring company. • I worked as a maritime consultant and expert witness. • I served as chairman of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce Maritime Committee. I also am active in the environmental industry, serving as publisher of the Environmental Services Directory for Washington State for the past 22 years. The export of American coal to Asia will create regional jobs. However, there are negatives related to these coal export proposals, the most significant of which is climate change. Climate change is occurring at a rapid rate and is having far reaching impacts on much of the world. Most scientists agree that climate change is man-made, with the burning of fossil fuels being the major cause. That being the case, the limited number of regional jobs and economic development that coal export will generate clearly are not worth the adverse effect that transporting and burning this coal, even far away in Asia, will have on our nation and our planet. We need to be part of the solution, not part of the problem. Please ensure that climate change issues are included in evaluation of the Tongue River Railroad permit application.
Submitted by: Jeremy Mattox · Seattle, Washington
The Board publishes this comment in its environmental-comment table for this proceeding. It is quoted here as printed; nothing is inferred from it, and it states the commenter's own position in their own words, not this record's.
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