Following up on Tip Johnson's post of Thursday evening, the young environmentalist protestors are continuing their efforts on Bellingham's waterfront.  Down on the Port of Bellingham's Whatcom Waterway - our former cargo ship wharf - Shell Oil has tied a huge oil exploration support ship, the Arctic Challenger. Friday evening, Chiara Rose D'Angelo climbed the anchor chain and tied herself in - about 10 feet or more above the water.  Not a safe place for a young woman even in warm clothes.  This morning she was still there and remains at 2 p.m. this Sunday afternoon.  Her beliefs have moved her to put her own safety at risk.  The Coast Guard, Bellingham police and port security have been present during the several day protest.

The apparent leader of the protest, Herb Goodwin, claimed yesterday that the Shell ship was planning to quickly leave Bellingham and a protest had to be increased to prevent this. This apparently inspired Chiara.  However, the ship has shown no intention of trying to leave.

Komo 4 and King 5, two Seattle television news stations, have posted short stories on Chiara clinging to the anchor chain.  We are told more internet web sites are beginning to cover this, so I will look to link. We at NWCitizen hope to bring you more coverage of this developing issue on our waterfront.

Thanks to Reese Semanko of Mount Vernon for use of his photo.  

Seattle's The Stranger has the most complete report on last evening.

The Guardian of London, England, now has the story, even if details are a bit messed up.