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Olympia takes position against coal

The Olympia City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to pass a resolution opposing the construction of coal export facilities in the Northwest.

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Army Corps of Engineers says climate change won't be studied for coal terminals

WASHINGTON - The U.S Army Corps of Engineers will not review the broader climate-change impacts of proposed coal export terminals in the Pacific Northwest, an agency official told Congress on Tuesday, June 18.
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Environmental groups sue BNSF, coal companies

Following up on an earlier threat, a coalition of environmental groups has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Seattle, accusing BNSF Railway Co. and several coal companies of violating the Clean Water Act.
GATEWAY PACIFIC TERMINAL NEWS

Bellingham may help fund study of coal port health impacts

BELLINGHAM - City Council has asked Mayor Kelli Linville to consider budgeting $20,000 to $25,000 for an independent study of coal terminal health impacts to be done in 2014.
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Analyst: Chinese coal demand falling as Pacific Northwest considers export terminals

The push for mass coal exports from Washington state, already facing a huge environmental battle, also could get hit with slowing Chinese demand for coal shipments.
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Seattle mayor, tribal leaders form coalition to oppose coal trains

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn and other city and tribal leaders have formed a new coalition to oppose coal trains and coal exports in the region.
LEGISLATURE

Coal-export impact study loses steam in Legislature

A House Democratic budget proposal to spend $150,000 to study the larger economic impact of coal-export facilities on Washington state was dying just one day after majority Democrats introduced their proposed $34.5 billion operating budget plan on Wednesday.
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State and federal agencies want sweeping review of proposed Cherry Point coal port

State and federal agencies have joined project opponents in calling for a wide-ranging review of potential impacts from the Gateway Pacific Terminal project that SSA Marine hopes to build at Whatcom County's Cherry Point.
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NW governors ask White House to look at environmental impacts of coal exports

SEATTLE — The governors of Washington and Oregon are urging the White House to evaluate the effects of greenhouse gases that would be emitted elsewhere if the nation's coal is exported from proposed terminals in Whatcom County and elsewhere.
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Gov. Inslee calls for broad scrutiny of coal ports – but does not oppose them (Politics Blog)

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has joined Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber in calling for a broad environmental review of global impacts of coal export terminals proposed for Whatcom County and elsewhere, but he has stopped short of outright opposition to those terminals.
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Energy companies 'freaked out' by Obama comments on climate

President Barack Obama is preparing to tell all federal agencies for the first time that they should consider the impact on global warming before approving major projects, from pipelines to highways.