Sentences with phrase «build coal export terminals»

As with fights under way over the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada, and plans to build coal export terminals on U.S. coastlines, the new fossil fuel abundance is touching off a backlash among those alarmed by the consequences for climate change.

They are currently trying to build coal export terminals along the Washington coast for coal bound for Asia.

For example, companies have been seeking permission to build coal export terminals on the Pacific coast for several years.

Communities in Oregon, Washington, and Northern California have risen up to resist proposals to build coal export terminals in their midst.

Not exact matches

The second passed which called for a programmatic environmental impact statement to be conducted to study the potential impacts of building coal - exporting terminals throughout the Pacific Northwest, rather than one project - specific study looking at the Gateway Pacific Terminal project.

We have successfully blocked every proposal to build coal export infrastructure in the Pacific Northwest, save for one: a proposed terminal in Longview, Washington, that is on its last legs after it was denied certification by the state's Department of Ecology.

NCIG, which includes Peabody Energy, won a 2005 tender to build a third terminal at the world's biggest export harbor for power - station coal, beating a bid by Port Waratah Coal Services Ltd., owner of the existing two termincoal, beating a bid by Port Waratah Coal Services Ltd., owner of the existing two terminCoal Services Ltd., owner of the existing two terminals.

Located just two hours north of Portland, Oregon, along the Columbia River, the proposed terminal would ship a maximum of 44 million metric tons of coal from the Western United States each year to markets overseas, making it, if built, the largest coal export terminal in the country.

In recent years, coal companies have sought to quickly obtain permits to build export terminals.

Fred is deeply concerned about proposals to build the largest coal export terminal in North America near Bellingham, Washington, and the herring spawning grounds of the Cherry Point Aquatic Reserve.

I don't really want to rehash our last round, but it probably is worth pointing out for readers that even the coal companies themselves say that the coal isn't going anywhere — and hence won't get burned — if the WA export terminals aren't built.