Sentences with phrase «coal port on»

Tribal opposition and impacts to fishing helped convince the state of Oregon to deny a permit for another coal port on the Columbia River.

In November 2010 Powder River Basin coal producer Cloud Peak Energy CEO Colin Marshall stated that a coal port on the West Coast was «absolutely more than a pipedream.»

Not exact matches

With coal trains already coursing through the Lower Mainland to the much larger Westshore and Neptune terminals, it's not surprising the environmental report behind the port authority's decision found no appreciable impacts on the health of area residents.

The decision follows the government giving the green light to a major coal port expansion for India's Adani Group on the reef coast in December, under some of the strictest - ever environmental conditions.

The transportation company ships coal and industrial products on its railroad, serving every major port on the East Coast.

We zeroed in on the proposed Fraser Surrey Docks facility, part of the federal port authority's plan to turn Vancouver into the continent's biggest coal port.

On the very day of the televised leaders debate for the 2017 BC Election, Premier Christy Clark has suddenly found a reason to ask Prime Minister Trudeau to ban thermal coal exports from BC ports.

According to currently available information on planned coal port expansions, committed investment will increase port capacity by an estimated 13 per cent over the next two years or so.

Native Americans have played the crucial role in this campaign to «keep it in the ground,» just as they were leaders in the successful struggle to block the Keystone XL Pipeline, the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline that would have carried dirty crude across Canada to the Pacific, and the building of a massive coal export port on Canada's Pacific coast.

Coal port a burning background issue Even though both men make similar statements on climate, the differences between the candidates on the issue could be huge, said Ross Macfarlane, a senior adviser at the group Climate Solutions, which is not endorsing either candidate.

Trying out high - priced ports of earlier games might be a good canary in the coal mine to see if people are receptive to spending big money on Nintendo games on mobile up front.

Hansen wrote ``... In my testimony [to Congress] I noted that a «Cap» raises the price of energy, just as does a simple honest carbon tax on oil, gas and coal at the first sale at the mine or port of entry.

Currently, U.S. exports to Asia are somewhat constrained because there is little port capacity for big coal ships on the U.S. West Coast, and because metallurgical coal, the high - heat content rock that is used for steelmaking, is mined exclusively on the U.S. East Coast.

Environmentalists and other critics say Inslee is their best chance to block the coal ports, even though he has yet to take a position on them.

To accommodate the enormous output of this mega mine, Adani is planning to expand its existing Abbot Point terminal and build two more ports to ensure the 60 million tons of coal can be dumped on international markets - after traveling through the Great Barrier Reef.

Wyoming coal can be sold to other countries if the ports open on the West Coast, she said.

[52] On March 15, 2011 Millennium Bulk stated that they would resubmit the state permit for the Longview port development after they conduct an environmental study of how much coal, cement and alumina the facility could handle at former Reynolds aluminum smelter site.

On March 7, 2011 Millennium Bulk announced that it was removing its coal export and related infrastructure proposal from a pending shoreline development permit for a port in Longview, Washington.

For more information on the proposed port developments in the western United States please visit the Coal exports from northwest United States ports article.

The proposal would entail schlepping the coal across the country via train from the mines to ports on Washington State's coast.

The most effective way to achieve this is a carbon tax (on oil, gas, and coal) at the well - head or port of entry.

«You guys are going to have a year's worth of a good hard fight on this coal port,» he said at a rally here.

Proposals for expansion of exports focus on sending coal from the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana over rail lines to West Coast ports for shipment to Asian buyers.

Researchers at Sightline Institute argue the port would contribute to additional competition in the international coal market, which would in turn put downward pressure on Asian coal prices.

When a Greenpeace protest vessel shut down Europe's largest coal port in 2005, Teske was on board.

According to a port spokeswoman, officials decided not to pursue terminal proposals advanced by coal companies over a period of several weeks, ending in early November; she said they did not make the decision on Nov. 19.

India's Adani has appointed Morgan Stanley to advise on the possible sale of a stake in its Abbot Point coal port in Australia, as it looks to raise funds to help finance a $ 6.2 billion mine, rail and port project.