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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 …
Bozeman city commissioners may have been a bit too hasty when they opted out of getting involved in a study to determine the effects of increased coal train traffic on cities between eastern Montana coal fields and the West Coast. The issue failed to earn a place on a City Commission meeting agenda when the issue didn’t muster the support …
B.C exporting carbon emissions with coal sales to Far East Putting myself in a situation where I may be accused of civil disobedience is not something I have ever done before Until they got arrested together on a fateful Saturday in May, economist Marc Jaccard, who advised Premier Gordon Campbell on the carbon tax, had never met long-ago BC Federation …
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 …
On July 4, Burton and Zorine Linder of Glenview, Ill., had the misfortune to be driving toward the Chicago suburb of Northbrook when a 138-car Union Pacific train carrying coal from Wyoming derailed. The Linders were buried under tons of coal and their bodies were not discovered until the following day. This tragic accident happened only two days after another …
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, following in the footsteps of Gov. John Kitzhaber, called today for a sweeping federal review of coal exports from the Northwest. Merkley’s letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Land Management requested an expedited “programmatic environmental impact statement.” The government should look at the effects of large-scale exports from all the Northwest coal export projects in the hopper, and evaluate …
Imagine the conversation in the board room of the coal companies. “Sir, our stocks are dropping fast. States are transitioning away from coal-fired power plants, claiming our coal is too dirty.” “Hmmm … Let’s export the coal to Asia! We could push 50 coal trains per day through the Columbia River Gorge to ports in Oregon and Washington. And let’s …
We find ourselves on route to one of the next great environmental battles. Or, more precisely, we are on the route. It’s a trade route, between the great coalfields of the Powder River Basin and China. Trains full of coal soon could travel the BNSF tracks, perhaps through Wenatchee, on their way to fuel the industries of Asia. Read the …
It’s hard to imagine how any councilor could do anything but vote to put Eugene on record as opposing the industrial-scale movement of coal by slow-moving trains, some up to 11/2 miles long, through the city. Global firms such as Ambre Energy Ltd. and Kinder Morgan Energy Partners are seeking approval to build Northwest coal shipping terminals, including one in …
Coal trains destined for planned terminals in Oregon and Washington could gum up already congested lines, increase rail rates for other freight and increase taxpayers’ costs to fix rail problems, a report released today by the Western Organization of Resource Councils predicts. Read the entire story here.
