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Good news, and more good work

Last night, members of 350 Seattle and Rising Tide Seattle joined other concerned citizens at the Years of Living Dangerously Cinerama screening featuring Governor Inslee, who was present for questions. Several from each group held the oil train props up outside, and unfurled a banner inside during the questions, emblazoned with Governor Inslee: Moratorium on Oil Trains Now! Governor Inslee, a genuine climate champion, crossed the street to talk to the oil train prop holders, and expressed his concerns about the oil trains inside, too. He hasn’t promised a moratorium on new oil infrastructure yet, but we’ll keep working!

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Then, today, Skagit County Planning and Development Services (PDS) released a memorandum stating that they “received over 300 public comments on the Mitigated Determination of Nonsignificance (MDNS) issued on April 24, 2014, pursuant to the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) for the proposed Shell crude-by-rail unloading facility….Following review of all comments received, the SEPA Responsible Official determined that additional information is necessary; therefore, PDS will request additional information be provided by the applicant. That information will be reviewed with the entire record to determine if all issues have been adequately addressed and whether the threshold determination needs to be modified.” Translation: thanks to our good work & most of all the good work of our Skagit allies, they’ve decided to do their homework after all, and reconsider whether allowing new exploding oil trains is “nonsignficant”. An excellent start!

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