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==Background==
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==proposed coal exports==
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The port's [[Port Westward]] is being eyed as a potential coal export terminal, and was approved for two coal terminals by the port's commissioners in January 2012.<ref>[http://www.portsh.org/ "Port of St. Helens"] Port of St. Helens Homepage, accessed June 15, 2011.</ref><ref name = cl>[http://tdn.com/news/local/coal-in-clatskanie-commissioners-approve-port-westward-export-proposals/article_2e6ac7bc-47f4-11e1-a2da-001871e3ce6c.html "Coal in Clatskanie: Commissioners approve 2 Port Westward export proposals"] Erik Olson, The Daily News Online, January 26, 2012.</ref>
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In January 2012 two companies proposed to export Montana and Wyoming coal from the [[Powder River Basin]] through the Port of St. Helens: [[Kinder Morgan Terminals]] and [[Pacific Transloading]], a subsidiary of [[Ambre Energy]].<ref>[http://www.portsh.org/ "Port of St. Helens"] Port of St. Helens Homepage, accessed June 15, 2011.</ref><ref name = cl>[http://tdn.com/news/local/coal-in-clatskanie-commissioners-approve-port-westward-export-proposals/article_2e6ac7bc-47f4-11e1-a2da-001871e3ce6c.html "Coal in Clatskanie: Commissioners approve 2 Port Westward export proposals"] Erik Olson, The Daily News Online, January 26, 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2012/01/two_coal_companies_want_to_exp.html "Two coal companies want to export coal through the Port of St. Helens"] Scott Learn, The Oregonian, January 17, 2012.</ref>
  
 
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Ambre Energy also announced that their subsidiary [[Pacific Transloading]] would ship 3.5 million metric tons of coal a year with potential to ship as much as 8 million metric tons with port approval. Coal would be shipped on covered barges, received at Port Westward and directly loaded onto about 50 ocean-going ships a year. Pacific Transloading would ship 3.5 million metric tons of coal a year with potential to ship as much as 8 million metric tons with port approval the company stated.<ref>[http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2012/01/two_coal_companies_want_to_exp.html "Two coal companies want to export coal through the Port of St. Helens"] Scott Learn, The Oregonian, January 17, 2012.</ref>
 
  
 
==Community activism against coal exports==
 
==Community activism against coal exports==

Revision as of 19:09, 11 July 2014

{{#badges: CoalSwarm |Navbar-Coalexports}} The Port of St. Helens was created in 1940 in Columbia City, Oregon along the Columbia River and is considered a deep water port.

Location

The port is located in Columbia City, approximately 30 miles north of Portland, Oregon.[1]

proposed coal exports

In January 2012 two companies proposed to export Montana and Wyoming coal from the Powder River Basin through the Port of St. Helens: Kinder Morgan Terminals and Pacific Transloading, a subsidiary of Ambre Energy.[2][3][4]

Proposed Northwest Coal Export Locations.
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Community activism against coal exports

Activists rally in Portland against exporting coal from Northwest ports

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On May 7, 2012 several hundred activists gathered in Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square to oppose the export of Montana and Wyoming coal from Northwest ports. Activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., chief prosecuting attorney for Hudson Riverkeeper and president of the Waterkeeper Alliance, spoke to the crowd. Kennedy said that coal would corrupt politicians, damage health and the environment and "turn government agencies into the sock puppets of the industries they're supposed to regulate."[5]

May 2012: Seattle City Council opposes coal export ports

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. That coal would be mined in the Powder River Basin.[6]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. ↑ "Port of St. Helens potential candidate for coal export to Asia" Scott Learn, The Oregonian, June 15, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Port of St. Helens" Port of St. Helens Homepage, accessed June 15, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Coal in Clatskanie: Commissioners approve 2 Port Westward export proposals" Erik Olson, The Daily News Online, January 26, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Two coal companies want to export coal through the Port of St. Helens" Scott Learn, The Oregonian, January 17, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Kennedy, activists rally in Portland against exporting coal from Northwest ports" Scott Learn, Oregonian, May 7, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Seattle City Council opposes coal-export ports" Phoung Lee, Associated Press, May 30, 2012.

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