Environment
A death blow to coal ports in Washington?
A firmly worded federal ruling Monday has seemingly quashed the hopes of developers of a giant coal-export terminal north of
Floyd McKay
Floyd J. McKay, professor of journalism emeritus at Western Washington University, was a print and broadcast journalist in Oregon for three decades. He is also a historian and his new book, "Reporting
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Environment
Coal exports stopped by Lummi Nation fishing rights?
Environmental reviews of a coal-export terminal that would be the largest in the nation were summarily suspended on April 1
Environment
With coal on the wane, Longview may turn to oil exports
Monday’s announcement of yet another bankruptcy in the coal business elicited cheers from climate activists seeking to halt coal
politics
The Northwest's coming clashes over fossil fuel exports
Big Energy’s rush to the Pacific will hit some serious roadblocks next month, kicking off a year that will be full of big-time politics over coal and oil exports. The decisions about energy and politics in 2016 could begin to decide the face of the Pacific Northwest for generations to come.
Environment
Coal ports: Will they cost communities their "second paycheck"?
For four and a half years, coal exports and the massive terminals proposed at Longview and near Bellingham have been