Community voices concerns about health affects of proposed coal terminal

Marcela Gara News

By Katie Fairbanks, Reporter, The Daily News Community members urged a health committee Monday to take a stronger stance against Millennium Bulk Terminals’ proposed Longview coal terminal. The Health Impact Assessment Steering Committee met to discuss the study and draft recommendations and to hear public comment on the documents. A majority of the nine people who spoke during the public …

Coal Train

Our health is on the line

Marcela Gara News

We have just one-day left! Cowlitz County officials released a draft Health Impact Assessment (HIA) for the Millennium project, the largest and most dangerous coal export proposal remaining in the US.  They need to hear from you by tomorrow, Jan. 5, please. The good news? While it states no conclusions, the draft HIA clearly reaffirms many terrible adverse health and safety impacts of …