Comment EI-19500
Received or sent (printed as 1/7/2013)
Dear Mr. Blodgett: The Otter Creek coal mines in Montana and the additional rail services to transport coal through Montana to the West Coast should NOT be permitted. At this time in history, coal is known to be the dirtiest fuel available. With all the fracking going on for natural gas and the advance of wind power and solar power, we no longer need coal. Keep it in the earth for a time we may need it and when it can be used safely without destroying our air and water. Coal trains increase asthma and lung problems of all of us living near the tracks --- thousands of people are affected by the coal dust blowing on us. The additional health care and related costs here in the West is far greater than the benefit of the coal to China. The train and coal industries should be expected to pay for the additional health damage if you allow the proposal to go through. And it is impossible to calculate the cost of an increase in hurricanes, drought, wildfires, and floods caused by additional coal use. There is only an overall economic loss in developing and transporting coal. Please stop it. Sincerely, Betty Whiting 925 Burlington Avenue Billings, MT 59101 406-252-5647 bettywhiting@bresnan.net
Submitted by: Betty Whiting · Billings, Montana
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