Coal Trains Run into Stiff Resistance in U.S.

[unhappycamper]

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/12/28



Activists say the coal trains lose one pound of toxic dust per car per mile.

Coal Trains Run into Stiff Resistance in U.S.
By Matthew Charles Cardinale
Published on Saturday, December 28, 2013 by Inter Press Service

SPOKANE, Washington -- Citizens and activists in the U.S. Pacific Northwest are fighting three different proposed coal terminals, including one in Oregon and two in Washington.

Meanwhile, three formerly proposed coal terminals have already been defeated. Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign recently cited these defeats as signs of progress in the broader campaign to retire the use of coal plants across the U.S. altogether.

“There are three main reasons we oppose coal exports,” Trip Jennings, organizer for Portland Rising Tide, told IPS.

“The first reason – I think the most important for us – is the fact that we’re closing down power plants in the U.S.,” he said. “Oregon and Washington will be totally coal-free in a number of years. We as a community and as citizens decided we didn’t want to burn coal. If we allow corporations to export… it undercuts all the work that we’ve done to address the climate crisis.”

[newfie11]

1. Wow 1lb coal dust/car/mile

Scottsbluff/Gering NE should have 3 feet of that stuff.

[on point]

2. The world has limited funds to invest. It should not be spent on things that need to die