Stop Coal Exports in their Tracks

Big coal has big plans for the western states. The largest coal company in the world, Peabody Energy, wants to build a massive export terminal in northwest Washington, so they can ship coal from Wyoming and Montana all over the world.

This is one of the most important fights against coal in the country right now, and we need your help to stop the Cherry Point coal export terminal.

If we win, it will seriously hinder the export of coal to overseas markets. If we lose, it will undermine much of the progress we've made to reduce the amount of dirty coal burned in the United States.

The proposed export terminal north of Bellingham would export at least 48 million tons of coal per year, making it the largest coal export facility in North America. On their way from the Powder River Basin, coal trains would endanger the environment and public health of northwestern communities.

But Washington State can stop the coal industry in its tracks. The most important step right now is to weigh in before the January 20th deadline. Anyone can submit a comment.

Coal export opponents at a hearing in Bellingham last year.

Send a Letter

Tell the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that you oppose the Cherry Point terminal:

Dear Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Ecology and Whatcom County Council:

I strongly oppose the construction of a coal export terminal at Cherry Point, Washington and transporting strip-mined coal from Montana and Wyoming on trains and ships throughout the Northwest. This proposal would negatively affect my community by increasing  congestion and noise with more coal train traffic, polluting our air and local waterways, harming existing businesses, delaying emergency responders, damaging aquatic ecosystems and fishing grounds at the terminal site, increasing tanker traffic and the potential for serious shipping accidents and escalating climate change. I urge you to consider these impacts in the scope of the Environmental Impact Statement.

There are currently five coal export proposals that would transport as much as 150 million tons through the Northwest. I urge the Army Corps of Engineers to conduct an area wide Environmental Impact Statement to assess the cumulative impact of these proposals.

Reference: Docket number COE-2012-0016: Proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal coal export proposal draft EIS scoping comments

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