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On July 4, Burton and Zorine Linder of Glenview, Ill., had the misfortune to be driving toward the Chicago suburb of Northbrook when a 138-car Union Pacific train carrying coal from Wyoming derailed. The Linders were buried under tons of coal and their bodies were not discovered until the following day. This tragic accident happened only two days after another …
An ill-conceived plan to ship more than 100 million tons of cheap coal annually to Asia epitomizes what has gone seriously awry with the U.S. economy. Corporations have already off-shored millions of manufacturing jobs to China. Now we are being asked to export mountains of coal to fuel its factories and power plants, adding inexorably to Earth’s carbon-dioxide burden. Read …
“When news first leaked last year that the Port of St. Helens might be working on deals to export coal, Gov. John Kitzhaber called for “an open, vigorous public debate” before any projects moved forward. But the port’s first major step on coal didn’t follow that blueprint. By the time the port went public in January, option agreements with two …
Two years ago, the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay completed the $16.6 million purchase of the dormant Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad, bringing new life to rail freight along Oregon’s southern coast. Yet to make the 133-mile rail line — now called the Coos Bay Rail Link — capable of handling large shipments of bulk commodities, it needs an …
Over 600 gathered at the rally in Portland, OR on May 7th to hear speakers including: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Chairman Waterkeeper Alliance, Chief Prosecuting Attorney for Hudson Riverkeeper; Paul Lumley, Executive Director Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, citizen of the Yakama Nation; Chair Jeff Cogen, Multnomah County; Hao Xin, Executive Director, Green Zhejiang, Qiantang River Waterkeeper; Toni Montgomery, Grandmother, …
On Monday, May 7th, 2012, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke in Portland, OR to over 600 concerned citizens about the dangers of coal and coal export. Credits: http://photos.oregonlive.com/oregonian/2012/05/coal_rally_3.html http://videos.oregonlive.com/oregonian/2012/05/robert_f_kennedy_jr_on_the_dan.html
Communities all along the northwest rail corridor have cried foul, expressing grave concerns over human-health impacts from wafting coal dust, diesel exhaust and sundry effects from railway congestion… Read the full story here.
In January, Kinder Morgan—a giant energy conglomerate—announced plans to use an Oregon port on the Columbia River to export 30 million tons of coal annually to China and other Asian markets. Many in the Northwest worry about the health risks, pollution, and economic risks that are entailed by the plans. Already tribes and environmental organizations are raising serious concerns about handling …
first export terminal have their eyes on the banks of the Columbia River—promising jobs, tax rebates, and maybe even national recognition for Oregon. But that promise may come with a sharp cost for Portland. The main rail routes leading to the top choice for a new terminal, the Port of St. Helens, run right through the heart of Northwest and North Portland, …
The Port of Portland in the early 1980s embarked upon a plan for a coal terminal at what is now the port’s Terminal 4. Seattle-based Sightline Institute, citing a 1984 report in the Oregonian, notes how the port entered into a 25-year lease with a group called Pacific Coal to export coal to Asia. But after $25 million invested, the project was scuttled …
