The Oregon Department of State Lands denied the coal terminal permit at Boardman, Ore. Thanks to DSL Director Mary Abrams and Gov. John Kitzhaber for respecting the Yakamas, the Nez Perce, the Umatillas, and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. At a meeting in Washougal recently, a representative of the Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission said nothing has upset the tribes more than the proposed coal and oil shipments.
In 1983, Republican Gov. John Spellman of Washington said, as long as I am governor, there will be no pipeline under Puget Sound. Now there still is none.
Immoral 19th century attitudes remain dominant in the coal and oil industry. Jobs for the few, profits for the fewer, and harm to all.
Not only must the Boardman project be denied, but so should Global Partners’ oil terminal expansion proposal in Clatskanie, Ore. Furthermore public money should not be used to improve their rail lines and the docks. No more subsidies for dangerous oil.
