Facebook post sharing a letter to the editor by Sandy Robson, published in the Wall Street Journal on June 12, 2016
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A Letter of Gratitude to the Lummi Nation
Letter by Dena Jensen
On May 12, 2016 this letter was sent to Lummi Nation and to the individuals mentioned by name in the letter:
Dear People of the Lummi Nation:
It was probably about two years ago that I was fortunate to first attend a presentation by members of the Lummi Nation at the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship. These tribal members, Jewell James and Jay Julius among them, shared information about your cultural heritage, and your connection and sacred responsibility to Xwe’chi’eXen. I remember being welcomed and empowered by the kind and compelling words of the speakers. We were asked to bear witness to past struggles and tragedy that the Lummi people have suffered, and the perseverance and bold efforts that propel you forward in your sacred responsibilities to protect your culture, language, way of life, lands, and waters for the benefit of many future generations. (more…)
Gateway Pacific Terminal: Unraveling the mystery of Peabody’s relationship with SSA Marine
by Sandy Robson
News that Peabody Energy, the world’s largest publicly owned coal producer, had filed for bankruptcy protection, broke nationwide on April 13, 2016.
That news was of particular interest in Bellingham, Washington, because the Gateway Pacific Terminal (GPT), a 48 million metric ton per year coal export facility, is proposed for Cherry Point, in Whatcom County, and Peabody, in 2011, had reportedly agreed to be the first customer, looking to ship its Powder River Basin coal to Asia through the terminal. The GPT applicant, Pacific International Terminals (PIT), is a subsidiary created for the GPT project by SSA Marine, the world’s largest independent, privately-held marine terminal operator. (more…)
Coal Export Interests Spin With Everything They’ve Got: Lummi Hold Fast
by Sandy Robson
Whether you are a Powder River Basin (PRB) coal company such as Cloud Peak Energy, Inc., or Peabody Energy, Inc., both of which want to export their coal through the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal, a 48 million metric ton coal export terminal at Xwe’chi’eXen (Cherry Point), in Washington, or whether you are Pacific International Terminals, a subsidiary of SSA Marine, the company wanting to build and operate GPT, you are facing unprecedented public resistance to the project, which includes opposition from the 57 Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians. (more…)
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Will the Real Craig Cole Please Stand Up?
Unauthorized land clearing at Cherry Point by SSA/PIT’s engineering consultant. Photo is from Whatcom County PDS website.
by Sandy Robson
Craig Cole, the local paid spokesperson for SSA Marine/Pacific International Terminals’ (PIT) Gateway Pacific Terminal (GPT) wrote an Op-Ed published on August 15, 2014 in the Bellingham Herald entitled “Gateway Pacific Terminal working to safeguard environment, job creation.” (more…)
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