“Coal train plans need careful study.” By Amber Waldref and
Truckner
June 17, 2012 in Opinion. Spokesman-Review.
This article regards two corporations planning to railroad Spokane and other Pacific Northwest cities with coal bound for Asia. The burning coal will revisit the Pacific Northwesterners bringing additional pollution in the form of smoke, smog, and particulates.
The corporations' plan will endanger the people, the animals and plants, and the very nature of the Pacific Northwest.
Here is a short quote from the guest opinion published in the Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington State, on Sunday, June 17, 2012.
"By our estimation, 50-70 coal trains would pass through
Spokane daily on their way to and from strip mines in the Powder River Basin
region to proposed ports in Longview, Cherry Point, and other coastal sites in
Washington and Oregon, without any benefit to our city."
References
“Coal train plans need careful study.” By Amber Waldref
and Robert Truckner. Spokesman-Review. Spokane, WA.
Sunday June 17, 2012.
“Amber Waldref is a member of the Spokane City Council. Dr.
Robert Truckner is a pediatric emergency physician at Spokane Emergency Physicians.”
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