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Hundreds Join Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to Rally Against Exporting Coal Through Pacific Northwest to Asia Voices rise up to reject dirty coal View photos from the rally May 7th, 2012, Portland, OR– Flanked by hundreds of activists in Oregon’s largest demonstration opposing exporting coal, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gave an impassioned call for a halt to the export of …
In January, Kinder Morgan—a giant energy conglomerate—announced plans to use an Oregon port on the Columbia River to export 30 million tons of coal annually to China and other Asian markets. Many in the Northwest worry about the health risks, pollution, and economic risks that are entailed by the plans. Already tribes and environmental organizations are raising serious concerns about handling …
first export terminal have their eyes on the banks of the Columbia River—promising jobs, tax rebates, and maybe even national recognition for Oregon. But that promise may come with a sharp cost for Portland. The main rail routes leading to the top choice for a new terminal, the Port of St. Helens, run right through the heart of Northwest and North Portland, …
The Port of Coos Bay has set a mind-boggling new standard for blocking access to public records in Oregon. First, it put a price tag on documents that could drive them out of reach of the public. That’s not uncommon. Then the port took it two steps further: First, it challenged the records request because of the motivation of those …
The number of freight trains loaded with coal that pass through Montana could significantly grow in the next several years, thanks to the planned development of new ports on the West Coast with an eye on the abundant coal of Eastern Montana and Wyoming. The Northern Plains Resource Council estimates demand from Asian markets at the new ports could mean …
Plans for the massive coal-export operation at Cherry Point, north of Bellingham, deserve the broadest possible environmental review, plus the additional detailed analysis of a health-impact assessment. The Gateway Pacific Terminal Project proposed by SSA Marine invites the widest possible scrutiny, because nine 1.5 mile-long coal trains will rumble through communities around the state each day before they reach the …
Box car after box car full of black rock, settled into the shape of bread loaves in uncovered containers, rumbles along the Bellingham waterfront. This is one of hundreds of communities that have grown up along the railways in the Northwest. If more coal is exported, that could mean more trains like these coming through towns on their way to export …
“Wyoming producers are increasingly hoping Asia’s booming demand for Powder River Basin coal will cover a slide in domestic need. But there’s a problem. The West Coast, home to few port facilities capable of shipping coal, is choking sales to Asia…. Opposition to the coal shipments is rising on a number of fronts, even as the ink dries on agreements …
China wants it. That puts the Northwest squarely in the middle of supply and demand. Train routes would take coal from deposits like the Powder River Basin in Wyoming to shipping terminals along the West Coast. From there, the coal could be delivered by boat to Asian markets. EarthFix’s Ashley Ahearn turns to Eric de Place, a researcher with Sightline Institute –- a …
The Port of Portland in the early 1980s embarked upon a plan for a coal terminal at what is now the port’s Terminal 4. Seattle-based Sightline Institute, citing a 1984 report in the Oregonian, notes how the port entered into a 25-year lease with a group called Pacific Coal to export coal to Asia. But after $25 million invested, the project was scuttled …
