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About 100 people gathered Tuesday night to protest the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal — one of a half-dozen such proposed Northwest gateways for Rocky Mountain region coal to be shipped to Asian markets. If the proposal is approved that could mean nine trains per day passing through Bellingham and births for three large ships at the Cherry Point industrial facility. Read …
If you are concerned about staying up-to-date on the scoping processes for the coal terminal proposals–when will they begin? when do they end? how do I submit comments?–make sure to sign the petition opposing coal exports from the Pacific Northwest. You will be added to a mailing list (used sparingly!) that provides information about public process in the ongoing fight …
Faced with a choice of helping to grow food or feed industry, the Port of Vancouver picked a fertilizer ingredient over the dirtiest fossil fuel on the planet. The port’s decision in 2009 to export potash rather than coal positioned it to accomplish long-term economic development objectives. Read more.
As we approach the twilight of the fossil fuel era, don’t expect dirty energy to fade without a fight. Coal use in the United States has been declining for some time, but attempts are underway to revive the coal industry’s fortunes by exporting American coal to feed the growth of China and other Asian economies. Read more.
As Northwest concerns build about global and local environmental issues in the Northwest, a small Oregon port gives its approval to exporting coal to burn in Chinese power plants. Read more.
If local planners have their way, motorists on Oregon Way in Longview will one day to look down at the Industrial Way intersection and see freight trains passing underneath. This overpass is the lynchpin of an emerging, $200 million plan to upgrade the region’s aging rail network to accommodate industrial growth. Read the full story here.
As an environmental review approaches, opponents and supporters of exporting coal to China are angling to shape the perception of how a proposed facility will affect Bellingham and even cities like Seattle and Edmonds. Read more.
The proposed massive movement of coal by train from Wyoming through the Columbia Gorge to a half-dozen small Northwest ports for shipping — to feed power plants in China and India — could cause problems for people in Eugene and other cities that the rail lines run through. Read more.
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Some Washington citizens are voicing opposition about plans to build three new coal export terminals in their communities. Opponents of those proposals delivered more than 40,000 signatures to the state capitol in Olympia Wednesday. Toni Montgomery lives in Vancouver, Washington. She says coal trains already pass by her house on their way to export terminals. “Who’s going …
Political and land-use fights over liquefied natural gas terminals on the lower Columbia River are merely the JV game when compared to the Rose Bowl-sized commotion starting in earnest over coal export. One of the star players in this drama has now revealed much of its game plan, in the form of paperwork filed with Cowlitz County, Wash., for a …
