| If Vegas bookmakers were taking bets on whether Gateway Pacific Terminal would be built, the odds would have been getting longer in the past few months. Earlier this month came the ostensible bombshell that opponents of SSA Marine’s proposed coal terminal at Cherry Point have been waiting for: A clear request from Lummi Nation to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deny a federal permit for the terminal.
Case history has been favorable to Indian tribes, and Lummi Nation in particular, when it comes to protecting the traditional fishing grounds granted by treaty. In November, a financial expert from an organization that seeks to wean the world off coal told a Bellingham audience the end was near for the fossil fuel. ..............................................Full Article: Source
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