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SEATTLE – There are now five places in the Pacific Northwest considering the installment of coal export terminals. The largest, Gateway Pacific Terminal, could be built near Bellingham, Washington. That has some Seattleites worried about potential impacts of the terminals, including increased traffic congestion and rail safety, and consequences to human and environmental health. Others see an opportunity for living-wage …
The Australia-based parent company proposing to build two coal terminals on the Lower Columbia River is swimming in debt that could put the project in peril, a Seattle-based conservation group said Wednesday. Read the full story here.
A Seattle environmental think tank that opposes coal exports to Asia through the Northwest blasted the finances of one of the key players today, Australia’s Ambre Energy. Ambre is seeking to build two coal export terminals on the Columbia River, one in Boardman and one in Longview, Wash., to ship Montana and Wyoming coal to Asia. Read the full story …
Newly released video from Greenpeace breaks down Peabody, Arch, and Ambre’s plans to export publicly-owned coal and fuel the climate crisis. The video stars Alia Shawkat – best know as Maeby from Arrested Development. See the full video here.
As many as 18 coal trains a day, each a mile long and bound for an export terminal north of Bellingham, could threaten access to the busy Edmonds-Kingston ferry, block the Seattle waterfront for up to seven minutes at a time and delay other waterfront cargoes, a dozen Western Washington legislators warned in a letter released Tuesday. The lawmakers are …
Chair Jeff Cogen announces that he is directing the Multnomah County Health Department to conduct an immediate study on the health effects of coal on our communities and that he is directing the county’s Office of Emergency Management to study the impact of the additional trains in our neighborhoods on emergency response times. News that is relevant for all communities …
In a few years, coal could be the No. 1 commodity traveling by river barge on the Columbia, supplanting wheat. Ambre Energy wants to be first to export coal through the Northwest to Asia, starting as early as next year. Its Morrow Pacific project would use covered barges for 218 miles of the trip, running from Boardman, through the Columbia …
Regional railroad operator RailAmerica told Port of Grays Harbor commissioners Tuesday that it is shelving current plans to build a coal storage and export facility at the port’s Terminal 3 in Hoquiam. . . “We agree with Rail America that there are other opportunities which will create more jobs and more enduring economic benefits for the community,” said Becky Kelley …
Northwest leaders: coal export proposal deserves environmental review A proposal to develop new marine coal export terminals in Oregon and Washington, which could ship between 75 million and 175 million tons of Powder River Basin coal annually to Asia, has drawn concern from environmentalists in the region. The National Wildlife Federation and the Association of Northwest Steelheaders have released a report outlining various environmental concerns to …
“Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley has joined Gov. John Kitzhaber in pressuring the Obama administration to conduct a sweeping environmental review of proposals for coal export facilities in Oregon and Washington state. Other members of the Northwest’s congressional delegation should add their voices to the demand for a federal review of proposals that would increase dramatically this country’s coal export capacity …
