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May 23, 2013

Groups seek broad study of coal ports

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Environmental groups and a public health organization want the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to consider the big picture — from mining in Wyoming to air pollution in China — before allowing development of three Northwest ports to ship up to 100 million metric tons of coal a year to Asia.

The groups filed a formal petition Wednesday asking the corps to consider all three ports together — two in Washington and one in Oregon — as well as the environmental and health effects of more coal mining, massive coal trains and greenhouse gas emissions.


 
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