Smaller
ports in the region,
such as Cleveland, Ohio, have seen similar declines as Midwest shipments, predominately steam
coal destined for Ontario, Canada, which have fallen sharply as a result of Canadian legislation affecting
coal power plants in the province.
The TPP is, in the same way, designed to protect «free trade» in dirty energy products
such as tar sands oil,
coal from the Powder River Basin, and liquefied natural gas shipped out of West Coast
ports.