{"query_echo":{"q":"","filters":{"geography":["Salish Sea"]},"warnings":[{"code":"facet_value_not_in_vocabulary","message":"Value 'Salish Sea' for facet 'geography' is not in the controlled vocabulary."}]},"total":{"value":2,"relation":"eq"},"page":1,"page_size":20,"self":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/api/v1/search?geography=Salish+Sea","stability":"beta","ai_marking":{"digital_source_type":{"uri":"http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/trainedAlgorithmicMedia","name":"Created using Generative AI"},"notice":"Summary and key insights are generated using artificial intelligence."},"results":[{"id":"foe-000092","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/foe-000092","title":"Stopping the Gateway Pacific Coal Terminal","publisher":{"name":"Friends of the Earth","organization":"friends-of-the-earth"},"document_type":"case study","language":"en","date_published":"2017-11-17","source_url":"https://foe.org/victory-stories/impact-story-2/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The Gateway Pacific coal terminal, which would have been the largest in North America exporting 48 million tons of coal annually to Asia, was stopped after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers denied federal permits. This decision was the first of its kind to protect the treaty rights of a tribal nation, specifically the Lummi Nation, whose fisheries and ancestral lands were threatened. The effort involved a coalition including Friends of the Earth and Power Past Coal, who submitted over 124,000 public comments. The document further highlights the ongoing threat from the proposed Millennium Bulk Terminals project in Longview, Washington.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foe-000092#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The proposed Gateway Pacific coal terminal in northwest Washington would have been the largest coal export terminal in North America, exporting up to 48 million tons of coal annually to Asia and sending 1,000 ships through the Salish Sea.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foe-000092#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers denied federal permits for the Gateway Pacific project, marking the first time a coal export facility was rejected to protect the treaty rights of a tribal nation, specifically the Lummi Nation.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foe-000092#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Friends of the Earth and the Power Past Coal alliance opposed the terminal by delivering more than 124,000 public comments and pressuring local officials.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foe-000092#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"A new proposed coal export terminal by Millennium Bulk Terminals in Longview, Washington, is identified as a current threat that could increase cancer rates, rail congestion, and climate change impacts.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foe-000092#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["fossil fuel industry","climate change","environmental protection"],"geography_discussed":["Asia","Longview","Columbia River"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["case study"]},{"id":"foe-000105","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/foe-000105","title":"U.S. Coast Guard sued for failing to release public records of shipping incidents in the Salish Sea • Friends of the Earth","publisher":{"name":"Friends of the Earth","organization":"friends-of-the-earth"},"document_type":null,"language":"en","date_published":"2016-03-24","source_url":"https://foe.org/news/2016-03-us-coast-guard-sued-for-failing-to-release-public-records-of-shipping-incidents/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"Friends of the Earth has sued the U.S. Coast Guard for failing to provide records of shipping incidents in the Salish Sea from 2009 to 2014. The organization argues that this data is essential for an ongoing vessel traffic risk assessment, particularly as pressure increases to export more oil via the Trans Mountain Pipeline, which could increase tanker traffic from one per week to one per day.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foe-000105#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Friends of the Earth filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Coast Guard for failing to disclose records of shipping incidents in the U.S. and Canadian waters of the Salish Sea occurring between 2009 and 2014, despite a request made on May 1, 2015, under the Freedom of Information Act.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foe-000105#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The requested data is considered critical for a current vessel traffic risk assessment to avoid underestimating oil spill risks, especially given the potential for a 7-fold increase in tankers—from approximately one per week to one per day—if the Trans Mountain Pipeline capacity is increased to 890,000 barrels per day.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foe-000105#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The increased tanker traffic associated with the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion would overlap with the core area of critical habitat for the endangered southern resident orca community.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foe-000105#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The U.S. and Canadian Coast Guards operate the Co-operative Vessel Traffic System (CVTS) in the Strait of Juan de Fuca region, established in 1979 to ensure safe vessel movement and minimize pollution risks from collisions and groundings.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foe-000105#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["oil spill"],"geography_discussed":["San Juan Islands","Alberta","Vancouver","Prince William Sound","Strait of Juan de Fuca"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["legal action","environmental advocacy"]}]}