METRO TAKES UP MEASURE TOMORROW TO TRY AND KILL OUR LITTLE PART OF THE COAL INDUSTRY. TELL THEM NO.
WHEREAS, the significant increase of train and towboat diesel particulate matter and coal dustmay increase incidence of asthma; impaired pulmonary development among adolescents; increase of heart attack and stroke among adults; chronic bronchitis; emphysema;
BE IT RESOLVED that the Metro Council calls on the federal government to conduct a thorough review of the cumulative potential impacts of large scale coal exports on the region’s economy, transportation system, air quality, environment and people of the Portland metropolitan area, and directs Metro staff to communicate this request with our federal elected officials and appropriate federal agencies.
1. Contact every member of the Metro Council immediately and tell them to oppose the Burkholder Coal Resolution.
Rex Burkholder <rex.burkholder@oregonmetro.gov>
Carlotta Collette <Carlotta.Collette@oregonmetro.gov>
Shirley Craddick <shirley.craddick@oregonmetro.gov>
Kathryn Harrington <kathryn.harrington@oregonmetro.gov>
Carl Hosticka <hostickac@metro.dst.or.us>
Tom Hughes <tom.hughes@oregonmetro.gov>
Barbara Roberts <barbara.roberts@oregonmetro.gov>
