The Whatcom County Council seems intent on stopping all future fossil fuel jobs at Cherry Point. The latest proposed changes to the county’s zoning rules would create nearly-impossible hurdles for developing new fossil fuel facilities and for expanding existing refineries.
Jan. 10, 2019 Planning Unit Update
A last-ditch effort to approve an update to the Watershed Management Plan for Whatcom County on time fails but hope for local input is not lost. Other local entities involved appear to be allowing more time to reach agreement.
Nooksack Basin Watershed Planning Update: Land Use Caucus Report, Jan. 6, 2019
Jan. 6, 2019 Land Use Caucus Report
Nooksack Basin Watershed Planning Update: Jan. 7, 2019 Planning Unit Update
Whatcom CAPR (Citizens Alliance for Property Rights) is providing frequent updates on the efforts of local governments and the Planning Unit to meet the requirements of the “Hirst fix” law, ESSB 6091 passed January 2018, for an update of the Water Management Plan. See the county’s official website for current info.
Nooksack Basin Watershed Planning Update: Dec. 18, 2018 Planning Unit Update
Whatcom Chapter, Citizens’ Alliance for Property Rights (CAPR), is providing its members and friends frequent reports on the Planning Unit caucuses and local governments efforts to update the County Water Management Plan, as required by the 2018 “Hirst fix” law, RCW 90.94.020. There are still major disagreements between several “non-gov’t” caucuses and some gov’t/environmental caucuses on some of the …