Ultra-long coal trains on Seattle waterfront? Time for a long, critical look
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By
Joel Connelly
Seattle PI
July 31, 2011
With construction of new coal plants being blocked across America -- and states like Washington phasing out coal -- the export market beckons, and particularly China.. . . Coal trains may be headed in our direction, en route to a big coal export terminal planned for Cherry Point north of Bellingham.
Coal train
After years of waging disinformation campaigns, the U.S. cigarette industry finally accepted that cancer-wary Americans were lighting up less. Big Tobacco found a lucrative new market, however: It stepped up exports to Asia.
