On a drizzly Tuesday evening over 800 people showed up to RE Sources’ event at the Fairhaven Village Green to hear New York Times bestselling author, co-founder of 350.org, and Time Magazine’s “world’s best green journalist,” Bill McKibben, speak about coal export, climate

Floyd Mackay, Crosscut.com, June 2, 2011

Update: Bellingham Mayor Dan Pike today announced his opposition to plans for a coal port near the city. Earlier in the week, the growing debate over the global warming implications of shipping coal to China brought big turnouts to meetings there.

Tim Johnson, Cascadia Weekly, May 25, 2011

Bellingham has a big decision to shoulder. Author and environmentalist Bill McKibben is cheering us on.

In 2009, McKibben helped build 350.org, the largest-ever coordinated rally of any kind, dedicated to building awareness of the dangers of greenhouse gas emissions in a warming world. The author of The End of Nature recently helped produce The Global Warming Reader, a collection of essays on the science, politics and social meaning of catastrophic climate change.

JOHN STARK, The Bellingham Herald, May 6, 2011

BELLINGHAM - Mayor Dan Pike and the two candidates challenging him for reelection are all taking a cautious approach on the SSA Marine proposal for a Cherry Point shipping terminal that could handle large amounts of coal as well as other cargoes.

By Marta Helpenstell, The Western Front, May 06, 2011

Bellingham Mayor Dan Pike is not taking sides on the proposed coal terminal at Cherry Point. At a public forum Wednesday, May 4, he drew fire for staying neutral on the controversial plan to ship tons of coal through Bellingham.

By Floyd McKay, Crosscut.com, April 28, 2011

The first public debate on the construction of a giant coal-shipping terminal north of Bellingham made it quite clear that opposing forces are, well, like trains running on separate tracks, with increasing frustrations on all sides.

By Bill McKibben, Los Angeles Times, March 5, 2011

This year an epic fight is brewing along the West Coast, one that may make as much difference to the future of our climate as anything that happens in Washington, D.C., and one that may also serve as a decisive battle in defining the U.S. relationship with China.

By Craig Welch, Seattle Times, March 26, 2011

Just as Washington is weaning itself off coal, two companies are pushing to make the state a leading exporter of the fossil fuel. That possibility has sparked a fierce debate: If coal is so dirty that Washington won't use it, should the state really serve as a conduit for shipping it overseas?

Jane Armstrong, Alberni Valley Times, March 03, 2011

Re: "Coal mining is around," (Alberni Valley Times, Feb 28)

Yes, coal was processed in the late 1800s at Union Bay and remediation is still underway today. A paper presented at the 2005 Remediation Technologies Symposium on the problems posed by the 13 hectares of coal waste on the shore of Union Bay laid out the chemicals leaching out of the coal waste that exceeded guidelines or standards.

News Release, Peabody Energy, Feb. 28, 2011

Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) today announced an agreement with SSA Marine to initially export up to 24 million metric tons of coal per year through the planned Gateway Pacific Terminal in Whatcom County in northwest Washington. Coal export volumes would be dependent upon global market demand, terminal capacity and other factors.

JOHN STARK, The Bellingham Herald, March 1, 2011

The environmental review process for the Gateway Pacific cargo terminal at Cherry Point began officially Monday, Feb. 28, when SSA Marine submitted preliminary documents on the $500 million project to Whatcom County, state agencies and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Brian Morton, Vancouver Sun, February 28, 2011

VANCOUVER — A huge dry bulk cargo terminal proposed for Cherry Point in Washington state is moving ahead with a comprehensive environmental review, it was announced Monday.