King Country Unanimously Votes to Restrict Fossil Fuel Infrastructure
The King County regulations adopted July 24th, 2020:
- Explicitly prohibit certain types of fossil fuel infrastructure, such as coal mines and large-scale oil and gas storage facilities (like the dirty and dangerous Tacoma LNG facility currently being built at the Port of Tacoma).
- Strengthen permitting criteria for new and expanded fossil fuel infrastructure, to ensure the well-being of current and future King County residents is prioritized in any project review.
- Require comprehensive review and mitigation of the full scope of environmental impacts of any fossil fuel project, including life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions, threats to air and water quality, and public health risks.
- Establish demonstrated, early, and meaningful consultation with tribes.
The County also took steps today to ensure local taxpayers aren’t on the hook for the costs when fossil fuel infrastructure inevitably leaks, explodes, and pollutes.
“The first step to getting out of a hole is to stop digging. When it comes to the climate crisis, that means we need to stop building new fossil fuel infrastructure which would lock us into decades of climate pollution and injustice,” said Jess Wallach, 350 Seattle Campaigns Co-Director.
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