Appeals court deals blow to big coal export terminal proposed for Longview, Washington

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Would-be builders of a massive coal export terminal, to be located along the Columbia River at Longview, suffered a severe setback Tuesday in court.

The Washington State Court of Appeals ruled that the Department of Natural Resources had a valid reason when it refused to lease state-owned aquatic lands to Millennium Bulk Terminals.

The DNR had noted the bankruptcy of Arch Coal, one of Millennium's owners, and the developer's initial failure to disclose that it wanted to build the largest coal terminal on the West Coast.

The terminal would receive as many as 16 coal trains a day from the Powder River and Unita Basins in Wyoming, for shipment to Asian markets.

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[montanacowboy]

1. Good News!

Fucking Coal

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Great News!!!!

Ton's of Wingers in Utah and Wyoming are going to be pissed. And Yesterday,the Navajo Nation just bought out Three BKed Mines in the Power River Basin. Understand there was a tie in with this deal.


This is going to get real ugly financially for the Navajo's. Hunch says,this bad decision will cause some major hardships to the Navajo Nation.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. thank god saner minds prevailed.

ty for the info on this.

[Wounded Bear]

4. Coal is dying, and rightfully so...

building the "largest" anything in support of that industry is silly.

[RainCaster]

5. I don't care why, but I'm glad this is dying

By the time we get this built, China won't need it anymore. We will be on the financial hook for it anyway. Dumbass idea, even without the whole pollution and planetary destruction aspects of this.