VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — The Port of Vancouver closed the door on courting bulk fossil fuel terminals.
Some 17 months after Gov. Inslee rejected plans to build a giant crude oil terminal on Port of Vancouver property, the Columbian reported Tuesday port commissioners approved a policy that says the port chooses not to pursue new bulk fossil fuel terminals on port-owned industrial property.
Community activists were happy with the 2-1 decision, calling it a win for embracing community safety and livability and for fighting global climate change on the local level.
Commissioner Jerry Oliver, who cast the lone dissenting vote, hinted that he doesn’t believe the widely accepted scientific connection between climate change and greenhouse gases emitted by burning coal, oil and other fossil fuels.