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Bellingham group plans initiative to ban coal trains (Politics Blog)

JOHN STARK - THE BELLINGHAM HERALD

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December 29, 2011 03:26 PM

BELLINGHAM—Ever since the plans for SSA Marine’s coal shipping terminal at Cherry Point became public, city officials have been saying that they would have no direct control over the coal trains that would pass through the city if Gateway Pacific Terminal is built.A new citizens’ group plans to change all that, but they seem to face overwhelming legal odds.

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