Stop poison trains

Sun., Oct. 23, 2016

To my neighbors and friends of Spokane, Coeur d’Alene and on this Earth, we have a collective problem: 97 percent of climate scientists tell us the Earth’s climate is being destabilized by carbon dioxide emissions created by human activity: the burning of fossil fuels.

Fossil fuels that roll continuously through Spokane by rail will continue this problem. These trains carry poisons that will ultimately threaten all of us, even the people who are profiting from these shipments. For the sake of our civilization, our children and grandchildren, we must stop these poison trains.

Paul Grove

Spokane

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