A coalition of environmental groups is asking the federal government to step in and combine the environmental studies for three different coal export terminal proposals into one. Read the full story here.
Kinder Morgan scraps Port Westward coal terminal proposal
Texas-based Kinder Morgan officials announced Wednesday they are dropping plans to build a $150 million coal terminal at Port Westward, a move cheered by environmentalists and lamented by Clatskanie officials. Read the full story here.
Kinder Morgan drops plans to build coal export terminal at Port of St. Helens industrial park
Terminal developer Kinder Morgan will not go forward with a proposal to export coal to Asia from the Port Westward industrial park on the Columbia River, a company spokesman said this morning. Kinder Morgan’s Allen Fore attributed the decision not to seek permits for a coal export terminal to site logistics at the Port of St. Helens industrial park, not the …
In the Northwest, rising coal exports to Asia stir huge fight
DECKER, Mont. — At Spring Creek Mine, a broad black seam of coal, reaching depths of 80 feet, runs like a subterranean river through arid, sagebrush-covered hills. This is a world-class seam formed from the remnants of ferns, grasses and other plants that flourished here more than 50 million years ago, when this part of Montana was a humid marsh. Read …
In Montana, ranchers line up against coal
COLSTRIP, Mont. — Out in these windy stretches of cottonwood and prairie grass, not far from where Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer ran into problems at Little Bighorn, a new battle is unfolding over what future energy development in the West will look like. Here, rancher Wallace McRae and his son, Clint, run cattle on 31,000 acres along Rosebud Creek, …
State should deny coal project permits to protect the Columbia River Gorge: Guest opinion
As elected officials in the Columbia River Gorge, we are frequently asked to weigh in on projects that affect our local quality of life. Few, however, present such potentially adverse economic and environmental effects as the continuing expansion of coal shipments. Only a few trains currently transport coal through the gorge, and already we’re seeing the damage caused by coal …
Coal Opponents Say Coos Bay Terminal has Derailed
Coal export opponents are reporting that all the private companies looking into developing a coal export terminal in Oregon’s Coos Bay have now dropped out. Read the full story here. Photo credit: Daniel Dancer
Port of Coos Bay coal-export proposal ends after 18 months of work
Another Northwest coal export project has dropped off the boards. The Port of Coos Bay said today that it has ended its exclusive negotiating agreement with Metro Ports of California, which had been exploring a coal export terminal in Coos Bay. Read the full story here.
Last partner drops out of Coos Bay, Ore. coal port
The last partner has dropped out of a proposal to ship coal from Montana and Wyoming to Asia through the Port of Coos Bay in Oregon. Read the full story here.
Over 450 Flood Salem to Sound the Alarm on Pending Coal Export Permit
Salem, Ore. – Over 450 Oregon residents and a diverse group of local leaders flooded the steps of Oregon’s Capitol this morning to call on Governor Kitzhaber to deny Ambre Energy a dredging permit at the Port of Morrow. Many community leaders and residents feel they can’t trust the Australian-based coal company which in 2011 lied to the community of …
