The Gateway Pacific coal export terminal looks like the wrong end of the deal for Idaho. It would increase congestion and noise with more coal train traffic, pollute the air and local waterways, harm existing businesses, delay emergency responders, damage aquatic ecosystems and fishing grounds at the terminal site, and increase tanker traffic and the potential for serious shipping accidents.
It would be loud and nasty, ruin sportsmen's fishing and really trash up the communities it would run through. It is an idea that is bad for the businesses and the residents of every town it would pass through.
Worst of all, the taxpayers will be footing the bill.
This is another example of corporate welfare, of the poor giving to the rich. I know that must sound pedantically socialist, but this is a crappy deal.
Why would anyone want to pay to have a 79 Oldsmobile with a family of possums living in the trunk towed into their front yard and set up on cinderblocks? I urge you to consider all of these impacts from a quality of life perspective as well as one of impact to the ecosystem.
Good luck with your Environmental Impact Statement.
