Political fights over new terminals dedicated to coal were the first to crop up. But as people have had the chance to see the mile-plus-long trains click-clacking by, cars uncovered so that coal dust can blow off along the whole route, opposition to the whole prospect has stiffened. Continue reading Coal’s Long Black Trains Are A-Comin’ on Downtown, Seattle
But what were those little stars up near the Washington-British Columbia border? I checked the map’s key. “Explosions”?
Curious, I started clicking around to see if we were under unannounced invasion, and discovered PNSN was already on it. Continue reading British Columbia Coal is Blowin’ Up!
De Place argues that a state with a governor who has already made “some strong statements” about the need to phase out coal-burning plants (and who is, I note, familiar with tobacco company-style strategies) has already established a baseline for what’s both moral and responsible when it comes to coal-generated electricity. The atmosphere not being a great respecter of political borders, he notes, it makes little sense to suppress greenhouse gas emissions in one spot, and facilitate the generation of even more elsewhere. Continue reading Washington State Weighs the Pros and Cons of Coal Exports
