Renew and Strengthen Interim Regulations

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Renew and Strengthen Interim Regulations

Tacoma City Council

The interim regulations provide a temporary reprieve from new heavy industrial development, including fossil fuels, during the Tideflats subarea planning process — a multi-year process that will result in new, comprehensive land-use laws to govern development in Tacoma's port and industrial areas.

Unfortunately it does not include a ban on the expansion of current fossil fuel uses, a huge loophole that has allowed US Oil (now Par Pacific) and Targa (now SeaPort Sound Terminal) to expand their operations. This at a time when leading scientists have warned that we must act with all haste possible to move off of fossil fuels.

Please take a moment and let the Tacoma City Council know how important it is to renew and strengthen the interim regulations. These interim regulations should be in place during the entire subarea planning process, which could take years to play out.

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350 Tacoma

Tacoma, WA

To: Tacoma City Council
From: [Your Name]

We are signing this petition to urge you, the Tacoma City Council, to renew the Tideflats interim regulations and amend them to include a ban on the expansion of current fossil fuel uses.

Since the interim regulations have come into effect, both US Oil (now Par Pacific) and Targa (now SeaPort Sound Terminal) have announced plans to expand their operations. With unchecked potential for growth, these fossil fuel corporations could derail the very purpose of the interim regulations to keep the industrial map stable as new zoning regulations are made during the subarea planning process.

At the September 20th Tacoma Climate Strike, young people — surrounded by hundreds of allies — presented a list of demands to the Mayor and three City Council Members. These demands included declaring a climate emergency and terminating all new and current fossil fuel expansion projects. This, then, is your first opportunity to show the youth that you take their demands seriously, that you will stand strong against fossil fuel interests, that you will join the youth in securing a livable future for all.

This demand to halt expansion is not based on a whim. It is what science says we must do in order to preserve life on Earth as we know it.

Which side are you on, Tacoma City Council? That of the dying fossil fuel industry? Or of life, of our youth, of Indigenous leaders, of future generations?

We urge you to renew the interim regulations and amend them to include a ban on the expansion of current fossil fuel uses.