Dear WA Department of Ecology,
As a person of faith, I believe we are called to care for both the well-being of communities and the environment.
We are already seeing the effects of climate change now. Wildfires in the west. Each year reaching higher...↓
We need to be looking to the Green New Deal to make our way of life more equitable for all and clean of fossil fuels. A project like this folly. A few people will be making money off of this while causing harm to the entire planet!
This project is unsafe and unwise. I would love it if NO would mean NO and we wouldn't need to say this repeatedly to these fossil fuel projects. It is taking our time and energy away from focusing on Solutions to the mess we are in.
Building the world's largest fracked gas-to-methanol plant in Washington does not align with my personal values of stewardship and justice, nor does it support our state's commitment to reducing climate pollution. Please reject Northwest Innovation Work's proposed methanol refinery in Kalama and deny its Shorelines Permit.
The second Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Kalama methanol refinery clearly shows that this project is dirty, dangerous, and unwise. If built, our state will be locked into decades of additional climate pollution, even though we know it is past time to pursue a truly low-carbon future. Speculating that this project may displace other fossil fuels is not adequate justification for the known pollution that will harm our communities and climate.
Northwest Innovation Works has demonstrated that they are deceptive and will seek profit over people's wellbeing. They cannot be trusted to mitigate the impacts of this fracked gas refinery. The fact that the project has needed three reviews, with outspoken community opposition during each, shows that there is something wrong with it at its core. As Governor Inslee stated, we cannot support such fracked gas projects in good conscience.
You have a moral responsibility to protect public health and reduce our region's climate pollution. Please do what is right and deny this project. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Ms. Andrea O'Ferrall
9807 25th Ave SW Seattle, WA 98106-2637
andreaoferrall@comcast.net
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