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John —
I’ll get straight to the point: a shadowy corporation is working behind the scenes to start exporting coal to Asia through the Port of Humboldt Bay in my district.
This company wants to get its dirty hands on the North Coast Railroad Authority’s right-of-way between Willits and Eureka - a stretch of abandoned track that traverses incredibly sensitive habitat along the Eel River, and use it to ship planet-killing coal from the Powder River basin to Asia.
As far-fetched as this scheme sounds, it’s deadly serious and there’s big money behind it. To get to Eureka, this coal train would have to go through the North Bay and then follow the Russian and Eel Rivers, which sustain fragile salmon fisheries and provide drinking water for nearly one million residents.
John, at a time when our climate crisis is wreaking havoc all around us, there is no way we can allow our region to become part of a scheme to export coal -- the number one contributor to global warming. Will you stand with me and show your support by signing our petition?
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The big money group behind this coal train scheme is being secretive about exactly who is behind it, but it likely includes several coal companies in Montana, Utah and Wyoming who have cut a Faustian deal with the Crow Tribe to monetize the tribe’s huge reserves of coal in the Powder River basin.
By establishing a shell company in Wyoming to do their dirty work, they’re attempting to fly under the radar. Their recent filings in a federal railway proceeding involving the defunct North Coast rail line have offered few details about their scheme. But we know who they are and what they’re up to. We need to stop this terrible proposal NOW, before the federal proceeding goes any further.
We can’t allow a huge coal export scheme in northern California. Can you immediately add your name to my petition opposing this disastrous move?
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Thank you for your support.
— Jared Huffman
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