The proposed oil terminal in Vancouver will bring at least five miles of North Dakota crude trains to Vancouver every day. Ask any realtor; this project will kill the Vancouver waterfront project and downtown development. That means the oil terminal could kill at least two jobs for each job it creates.
Four oil trains have exploded within six months. Oil tankers rupture, catch fire and send flaming oil downhill. We should not be increasing fossil fuel infrastructure when most scientists say we need to reduce carbon pollution. The oil terminal and trains will degrade air quality, our health, our quality of life and our economy. How will elected officials know what you think, unless you tell them? Governor Inslee has the final say.
Ask your neighborhood association to conduct a vote on this ASAP Write often to Mayor Tim Leavitt: tim.leavitt@cityofvancouver.us, to EFSEC@UTC.WA.GOV, and particularly to Governor Inslee: www.governor.wa.gov/contact/
For more information, see: http://www.columbian.com/news/2014/jan/07/developer-slams-oil-plan-the-future-of-vancouver-i/ and http:www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMzZkBX6pss.
