Gateway Pacific Terminal News
Groups ask for big picture look at NW coal ports
Environmental groups and a public health organization want the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to consider the big picture - from mining in Wyoming to air pollution in China - before allowing development of three Northwest ports to ship up to 100 million metric tons of coal a year to Asia.
Gateway Pacific Terminal News
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NATIONAL
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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GATEWAY PACIFIC TERMINAL NEWS
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.
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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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GATEWAY PACIFIC TERMINAL NEWS
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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GATEWAY PACIFIC TERMINAL NEWS
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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GATEWAY PACIFIC TERMINAL NEWS
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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GATEWAY PACIFIC TERMINAL NEWS
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.
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GATEWAY PACIFIC TERMINAL NEWS
Kentucky suffers as coal use rises everywhere but in U.S.
Eastern Kentucky coal country is filled with people competing for nonexistent jobs, tied to the area by family and unable to sell their homes even if they want to leave.
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GATEWAY PACIFIC TERMINAL NEWS
Wyoming coal company strikes export deal to use Cherry Point terminal
A Wyoming mining company has signed an option agreement allowing it to ship up to 16 million tons of coal a year through Gateway Pacific Terminal at Cherry Point — if that project can get the regulatory approvals it needs.
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GATEWAY PACIFIC TERMINAL NEWS
Vast majority of comments on proposed coal terminal are form letters, emails
More than 124,000 comments were submitted for the review of the proposed coal export terminal at Cherry Point, but the vast majority were form letters or emails, the review agencies said Wednesday, Feb. 6.
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