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Expanding Coal Exports Test Obama's Inaugural Climate Pledges
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Map Data Map data ©2013 Google, INEGI Map Northwest ports to be used to export Powder River Basin coal to Asian markets
Coal exports from ports on the west coast of Canada and the United States
In Northwest Town, A Local Fight Against Global Coal
Hide caption Bellingham, Wash., a progressive college town of 81,000, could soon be home to a new coal terminal. Developers want to ship the lucrative commodity to China, but some locals are worried about the potential environmental impacts. Brett Beadle for NPR Hide caption About 35 miles north of Bellingham, just across the border in Vancouver, B.C., the Westshore Terminal offers some sense of what the proposed terminal would be like. Trains carrying coal rumble into the terminal around the clock. The coal comes primarily from Canada, but increasingly the trains are delivering coal mined in Wyoming and Montana.
Originally published April 27, 2013 at 5:13 PM | Page modified April 27, 2013 at 9:37 PM 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.
In the Northwest, rising coal exports to Asia stir huge fight | Local News
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The biggest rise in train traffic from coal transport is expected along the I-5 corridor and the Columbia River Gorge, as coal trains move west from Wyoming and then head up the coast. credit: Cambridge Systematics report for the Washington State Transportation Commission Eric de Place is a researcher with Sightline Institute, a think tank in Seattle. The biggest rise in train traffic from coal transport is expected along the I-5 corridor and the Columbia River Gorge, as coal trains move west from Wyoming and then head up the coast. credit: Cambridge Systematics report for the Washington State Transportation Commission The biggest rise in train traffic from coal transport is expected along the I-5 corridor and the Columbia River Gorge, as coal trains move west from Wyoming and then head up the coast. | credit: Cambridge Systematics report for the Washington State Transportation Commission | rollover image for more
BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- There are now six new export terminals proposed to be built along the Northwest coast. The goal? To bring American coal to Asia, via train and ship. If these terminals are approved that could mean more than 100 million tons of coal traveling by rail across Idaho, Washington and Oregon every year. The potential for more train traffic has public health experts concerned. EarthFix reporters Ashley Ahearn and Courtney Flatt have the story.
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Washington: Seattle Votes Against Coal Terminals May 30, 2012 The Seattle City Council passed a resolution May 29, opposing development of coal-export terminals “over concerns about increased train traffic and potential harm to health and the environment,” according to the New York Times. The Council’s resolution comes in the midst of the federal government’s initial review of at least six port facilities proposed in Washington and Oregon that have plans to ship coal from Montana and Wyoming to Asia. According to the New York Times article, it’s estimated, “trains could carry at least 100 million tons of coal a year through the Northwest.” The Council says, burning more coal is not consistent with the city’s goal to combat climate change.