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The Port of St. Helens was created in 1940 in Columbia City, Oregon along the Columbia River and is considered a deep water port.  
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The Port of St. Helens was created in 1940 in Columbia City, Oregon along the Columbia River and is considered a deep water port. It contains the industrial park [[Port Westward]], the site of proposed coal exports.  
  
 
==Location==
 
==Location==
 
The port is located in Columbia City, approximately 30 miles north of Portland, Oregon.<ref name=ore>[http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/06/port_of_st_helens_potential_ca.html "Port of St. Helens potential candidate for coal export to Asia"] Scott Learn, The Oregonian, June 15, 2011.</ref>
 
The port is located in Columbia City, approximately 30 miles north of Portland, Oregon.<ref name=ore>[http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/06/port_of_st_helens_potential_ca.html "Port of St. Helens potential candidate for coal export to Asia"] Scott Learn, The Oregonian, June 15, 2011.</ref>
 
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==Proposed coal exports==
 
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The Port of St. Helens owns the 1,700-acre [[Port Westward]] property and has said it wants more space there for industry expansion.<ref>[http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2014/01/oil_train_coal_export_opponent.html "Oil train, coal export opponent protests industrial land expansion approved at Port Westward,"] Oregon Live, Jan 29, 2014.</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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==Community activism against coal exports==
 
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===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."<ref>[http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2012/05/activists_rally_in_portland_ag.html "Kennedy, activists rally in Portland against exporting coal from Northwest ports"] Scott Learn, Oregonian, May 7, 2012.</ref>
 
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===May 2012: Seattle City Council opposes coal export ports===
 
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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]].<ref>[http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-05/D9V32LRO0.htm "Seattle City Council opposes coal-export ports"] Phoung Lee, Associated Press, May 30, 2012.</ref>
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 01:40, 30 May 2015

{{#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. It contains the industrial park Port Westward, the site of proposed coal exports.

Location

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

Articles and Resources

References

  1. ↑ "Port of St. Helens potential candidate for coal export to Asia" Scott Learn, The Oregonian, June 15, 2011.

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