Comment EI-19860
Received or sent (printed as 1/11/2013)
Please stop the coal trains. Shipping coal on the Tongue River Railroad will: • contribute to the devastation beautiful Montana • drive down prices in China causing more coal to be burned in dirty plants • significantly increase CO2 emissions in the mining, hauling over land/sea/land, and finally in the burning all leading to further climate change • increase dependence on and demand for a limited resource further prolonging the world’s necessary switch to sustainable energy futures • have a significant local impact on communities along the way from the dust, the noise, and the unsightly reminder of the will of a business winning out over the needs of future generations for a cleaner, more sustainable and more stable source of energy. The deleterious effects of the dust on the sensitive lungs of many here will be problematic beyond measure. The time to stand up and invest in our future is now. Our numbers our growing and we need to invest in ways that can support the coming tide - not in a manner that is shortsighted, unsustainable and destructive. The only way to make that happen is to stop the coal trains and start working on alternatives that will support the future that is barreling our way.
Submitted by: Julie Bergevin · Kirkland, 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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