In Longview, Wash., a small city with a lot of unemployment, citizens were offered jobs, tax revenue and economic revival if they would allow an oil refinery and propane export terminal to be built. But Longview’s city council voted unanimously to send Waterside Energy packing after the local fire department it didn’t have the ability to respond to an oil train explosion, and citizens said the smell would be disgusting. To say nothing of increased risks of catching cancer.
It took courage for a community that needs jobs to say no to dirty jobs that would harm people more than help them.
The people of Longview get a pat on the back from us for being good stewards of their land and lives.
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