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Thanks, troop, for such insightful comments. I'm tired of arguing with people who think this is going to create jobs. We don't create jobs by exporting a raw material, that comes from manufacturing and those jobs have already been exported to China. This is wrong on every level, from the mining of our public lands in Montana and Wyoming, to trying to make a buck by exporting a dirty fuel to a developing country. If they want coal, let's see if they want some buffalo chips, too! The global economy is mirrored by the global climate crisis, simply exporting coal doesn't make it any more palatable as a fuel.

posted 1 year, 8 months ago
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Kim Heiting's defense of the Palomar pipeline is disengenous at best. The Portland metropolitan area is now served by the Williams NW pipeline coming down the I-5 corridor from Canada and the Williams pipeline coming down the north side of the Columbia River gorge. That line has a supplemental line in the planning stages which would bring gas from the Stanfield hub to the Portland/Seattle area. This is the Blue Bridge line. By their own admission, NW Natural will be paying more for the gas they would bring in on Palomar than they are currently paying Williams. NW Natural has a contract with Willliams that just happens to expire on the exact date they are projecting to initiate gas shipment on Palomar. They are just trying to be a big dog in this game. They are also in the business of gas storage, which lacks the regulation seen in gas transmission.

posted 2 years ago
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