The Coal Hard Truth Forum

Learn more about protecting Olympia from 20 mile and half long coal trains per day!  Learn about a proposed dirty coal export project that would dramatically affect our community and potentially our water supply, and how you can help prevent it from happening.

When:             Monday, Feb. 13, 7pm – 9pm

Where:           Olympia Center – 222 Columbia St NW, Olympia –  Multipurpose Room A

What are the risks if the largest coal company in the world – Peabody Coal – is allowed to transport up to 48 million tons of coal through Thurston County on rail to send to Asia?  Join us on Feb. 13th.

You’ll learn about:

·         The regional picture of coal use and the health impacts of coal

·         The specifics of Peabody Coal and SSA Marine’s proposed coal mega-port in Whatcom County

·         Potential threats from coal dust, traffic and emergency service delays, diesel exhaust and threats of global warming pollution

·         What you can do to stop this coal export proposal! 

For questions or to RSVP for the Coal Hard Truth Forum, please contact joelle@climatesolutions.org or 206.443.9570 x 29

Learn more at www.PowerPastCoal.org