No more dirty coal! Reject the Millennium Bulk Terminal!

On August 13, a coal train derailed in Montana, dumping 30 rail cars of dirty coal into the Clark Fork River, a tributary to the Columbia. This was a stark reminder of the risks that coal poses to our rivers and our communities.

We have come a long way since Millennium Terminals first proposed the largest coal export terminal in North America on the Columbia River seven years ago. We stopped five other coal terminals -- and many other fossil fuel proposals -- but our work as the thin green line of west coast fossil fuel resistance is not yet done.

State and local agencies are now accepting comments on Millennium's permit application to develop their coal export terminal on the Columbia River shoreline.

Submit a comment today saying dirty and dangerous coal terminals have no place on our river shores.

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Reject the shoreline permit for the Millennium Bulk Terminals

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Cowlitz County Commissioners and Director Maia Bellon of the Washington Department of Ecology: I would like to thank the Washington Department of Ecology and Director Maia Bellon for making the right decision and denying the 401 water quality certification for the Millennium Bulk Terminals coal terminal in Longview, Washington. Communities throughout the state and the region are rejoicing and enthusiastically applauding your decision for protecting our water, our health, and our climate. I urge the Department of Ecology and Cowlitz County to now apply your leadership to rejecting the Shoreline Substantial Development and Conditional Use Permit for Millennium Bulk Terminals. If built, Millennium would be the largest coal export terminal in the nation. I am certain that exporting coal does not protect local, state, or national interests and fails to meet the basic criteria for these permits. Millennium’s environmental review found that cancer rates, rail congestion, and harm from climate change would increase if the 44 million-ton per year facility is built. These permits must be denied; they are clearly not in the public interest. We cannot trade our clean air and water for coal export. And coal is a dying industry. Innovation and clean energy will benefit our entire region in the long term. I urge Cowlitz County and the Department of Ecology to review the abundance of substantive, critical comments from Tribes, state and federal agencies, elected leaders, health professionals, and residents of the region and reject the Shoreline Substantial Development and Conditional Use Permit for Millennium Bulk Terminals. Thank you,

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