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PAUL K ANDERSON
85 Million of your tax dollars...for coal export?

A coal export proposal in southwest Washington would be a bad deal for us from pollution, traffic and climate perspectives. Moreover, unless we act now, it could cost taxpayers $85 million dollars.

Millennium’s dirty coal export terminal planned for Longview, Washington, would require 16-18 coal trains a day. In 2012, Millennium’s CEO promised that taxpayers wouldn’t be on the line for their expensive rail improvements. But a glance at the Washington Transportation Package passed by the Senate tells a different story.

We need to act fast to stop this $85 million dollar giveaway to Big Coal. Click here to send a message to your legislative representatives today!

Eighty-five million dollars of Washington state money is slated for Millennium's vehicle overpass. This is an urgent problem that needs your attention now. The transportation package could be finalized any day now and Washington residents would be stuck footing the bill for coal export.

Millennium already has a poor track record. In 2010, we found Millennium hiding the truth about the scale of their coal export project. Millennium’s public plans were to export just 5 million tons of coal a year but secret documents revealed plans for 60-80 million tons.

$85,000,000. That’s how much Big Coal is slated to get if we don’t act now to remove their funding from the final Washington transportation package.  

Author Bio

Joëlle Robinson

Field Director, Climate Solutions

Joëlle engages community members and diverse constituencies—faith, health, youth, parents, business—to make their voices heard for climate solutions. She led the team of organizers to ensure we stopped any coal export from the U.S. West Coast over the past decade. On offense, she co-led the Field team to help pass the 100% Clean Electricity (Clean Energy Transition Act in 2019) and in 2022 collaborated with the Field team to ensure that all new buildings (commercial and residential) will be built with heat pumps per the State Building Code Council. She continues to conspire for good with them on many other local and state initiatives.

Joëlle was the Regional Outreach Coordinator of National Wildlife Federation where she focused on mobilizing hunters, anglers and concerned citizens around solutions to global warming. Previous work with Climate Solutions includes the NW Climate Connections partnership, serving as the Field Assistant for the successful Clean Cars campaign, and Field Director of the Renewable Fuel Standard, which passed in April 2006.

She previously served on the boards of Earth Ministry, Solar Washington, and Sierra Club Executive Committee. She’s currently President of the board of her 3 year-old!

Joëlle is Northwest born and raised who loves to hike, dance, travel and explore the natural world.

Her favorite quote is “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” —  Mary Oliver

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