Sentences with phrase «coal terminals on»

Plans are afoot to build giant new coal terminals on the West Coast to ship this lucrative commodity to China.

On May 11, 2011, the Port of Morrow Commission approved a one - year lease option with Coyote Island Terminal LLC of Salt Lake City, Utah, to build a rail off - loading coal terminal on up to 24.26 acres to transfer the coal onto barges for shipment to the Millennium Bulk Logistics Longview Terminal in Washington, and on to customers in Asia.

McDuffie Coal Terminal on the south end of the Port of Mobile, supplied by coal from from as far away as Wyoming — most of which is transported by rail.

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 company owns an open cut mine at Acland on the Darling Downs in Queensland and the Queensland Bulk Handling coal export terminal in Brisbane.

Just as Nebraska doesn't want the Keystone XL pipeline running through its backyard, coastal states such as Washington and Oregon don't want to see an endless string of coal trains hauling millions of tons of coal to export terminals on the Pacific.

Conveniently situated on the water, close to the downtown financial district and Coal Harbour, it is in a vibrant new waterfront area across the street from the cruise ship terminal, and close to shopping and restaurants.

This round of public comment on the Shoreline Substantial Development and Conditional Use Permit for Millennium's proposed coal export terminal in Longview is our final chance to tell decision - makers that religious communities want sustainable and healthy growth for our state — not polluting and dangerous fossil fuel projects.

For years, people of faith around Washington and across the country have spoken out against the proposal to construct the nation's largest coal export terminal in Longview, Washington on the Columbia River.

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.

On July 17, 2012, Peabody Energy announced that, under new agreements with Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, it would gain additional coal export capacity from Kinder Morgan's Deepwater Terminal and Houston Bulk Terminal in Texas, as well as increased access to the International Marine Terminal at Myrtle Grove, Louisiana, south of New Orleans.

On February 28, 2011, Seattle - based SSA Marine announced it had entered into an agreement with Peabody Energy to export up to 24 million metric tons of coal per year through the proposed terminal.

On August 9, 2011 Vancouver and Longview citizen groups announced they are suing Millenium Bulk Logistics, the owner of a proposed coal terminal in Longview.

Platts editors provide an update on four remaining proposed coal export terminals planned for the Pacific Northwest following the announcement that a second project had been abandoned.

With more coal flowing through the terminal, the amount of dust settling on people's property is increasing.

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.

On May 29, 2012 the Seattle City Council unanimously passed a resolution opposing the development of coal - export terminals in Washington state after raising concerns about increased train traffic and potential harm to health and the environment.

According to internal Millennium Bulk Terminals e-mails disclosed on Feb. 24, 2011, the company hopes to export 80 million tons of coal through its proposed west of Longview terminal, nearly 15 times more than the company originally stated in its application for county permit.

The report found the terminal could have «significant and adverse» impact on the climate, and the combustion of coal from the terminal could generate annually as much carbon pollution as 672,000 cars.

The group is demanding an immediate halt to all shipments of fossil fuels through the Northwest and calling on Governor Inslee to reject permits for all new fossil fuel projects in Washington, including proposed coal and oil terminals.

A federal judge in California on Tuesday struck down the city of Oakland's ban on coal shipments at a proposed cargo terminal, siding with a developer who wants to use the site to transport Utah coal to Asia.

On March 1, 2011, Seattle - based SSA Marine announced it had entered into an agreement with St. Louis - based Peabody Energy to export up to 24 million metric tons of coal per year through the Gateway Pacific Terminal.

The Port of Portland said it doesn't have the space for coal exports in the short - term, but its consultants cited coal as a potential long - term market if it adds terminals on West Hayden Island.

According to Gateway Pacific Terminal's website the company plans on providing a «highly efficient portal for American producers to export dry bulk commodities such as grain, potash and coal to Asian markets.»

Millions of tons of coal dust spewed from the Bellingham terminal would be the «nail in the coffin» for the Cherry Point Pacific herring, according to Fred, and would endanger animals higher up on the food chain such as Chinook salmon, migratory seabirds and orcas.

In addition to the local impact on marine life and coastlines in the Northwest, building the Bellingham coal terminal and others like it would provide access to the vast Asian market for big coal companies in the U.S. that are losing domestic market share to cleaner - burning natural gas and green energy.

In addition, fossil fuel exports can be controlled indirectly through local decisions on whether to permit coal, liquefied natural gas or oil export terminals, among other measures.

The proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal would sit on Lummi sacred land, and hundreds of the largest vessels on the planet would thread through prime fishing areas on their way to load up on coal.

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

Coal is also stored on - site at mines and coal export terminals, and roughly 67 percent of it is delivered by train, typically in uncovered freight cCoal is also stored on - site at mines and coal export terminals, and roughly 67 percent of it is delivered by train, typically in uncovered freight ccoal export terminals, and roughly 67 percent of it is delivered by train, typically in uncovered freight cars.

Last week's denial of Ambre Energy's permit for its proposed coal export terminal on the Columbia River demostrates the real power of local communities to stop coal exports in their tracks.

They give versions of Vice President Gore's slideshow all around the world, and drive change in powerful ways, like stopping the construction of a coal export terminal or addressing the impacts of the crisis on poor rural communities.

Due to the terminal's unprecedented risks to the health, safety, local economies and natural resources of Northwest communities, the Washington State Department of Ecology and Whatcom County planned to consider the project's broad impacts in the environmental impact statement, including coal dust around the terminal, rail traffic and coal dust along rail lines and waterways in Montana, Idaho and Washington; and the effects of burning coal overseas on the Northwest, particularly regarding climate pollution and mercury contamination.

Ambre Energy, an Australian company that is pushing the Morrow Pacific and Millenium Bulk coal export terminal proposals in the Pacific Northwest, touts on its website that its Decker mine, which is publicly owned coal, is, «Geographically well - positioned for Asian market via export through the Pacific Northwest.»

State agencies in Washington and Montana should similarly reject permits for massive proposed rail and coal export terminal projects — the market continues to speak on that front.

Under Obama's watch, the U.S. has solidified itself as the world's fourth - largest coal exporter, mostly via terminals on the East Coast.

Dirty energy lobbyists, including those of Chevron, could effectively use hypothetical arguments of TTIP illegality to chill government action on both sides of the Atlantic to curtail hydraulic «fracking» for natural gas, deny permits for liquefied natural gas export terminals, close coal - fired power plants, and prohibit new coal mining, oil drilling, and oil / gas pipeline operations, among others.

It charges a slowly rising fee on fossil fuel producers at the entry point to our economy (coal mine, gas / oil well or import terminal) but then returns 100 percent of the fee (less administrative costs) back to all consumers equally via a monthly dividend check.

But those coal plants are closing down faster than American Airlines terminals, thanks to the plunging cost of natural gas, boots - on - the - ground campaigns from anti-coal activists, and, to a lesser degree, the ambiguous specter of EPA pollution regulations.

The coal industry's efforts to export huge amounts of taxpayer - owned coal from Montana and Wyoming to Asia has generated unprecedented opposition in the Pacific Northwest - tens of thousands of people have rallied, attended public hearings, and called on their elected officials to oppose coal export terminals that would disrupt and pollute communities and pose one of the biggest threats to the climate of any fossil fuel project in the world.

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.

Denis Horgan, Vice President of Westshore Terminal at Roberts Bank in Delta — the largest coal export facility on the Pacific coast — said the $ 230 million project is more about «staying efficient,» and carefully used the words «stockpile expansion.»

Westshore coal export terminal at Roberts Bank, in Delta, is the largest export facility on the Pacific coast and there are plans to make it larger.

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.

advising the Stage 1 customers (which includes Glencore, Aquila, Yancoal and Wesfarmers) of the Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal on their rail access, which has included developing and advising on underwriting arrangements for a $ 910m expansion of the rail infrastructure.