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January 22, 2020

States seek ruling from Supreme Court on coal exports

  • Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon says the Washington Department of Ecology has imposed a “de facto blockade” on the coal-mining states by denying a key permit for a proposed coal port facility in Longview.
    • By MEAD GRUVER
    Associated Press

    CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Wyoming and Montana asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to rule on Washington state's denial of a permit for a port facility that could boost U.S. coal exports.

    The coal-producing Rocky Mountain states argue the denial violates the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits states from impeding trade between one another and with other countries.


     
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