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Then-Washington gubernatorial candidate Republican Rob McKenna looks at Democrat Jay Inslee during their final debate in Seattle in 2012.

McKenna wants tight focus on coal terminal study

Then-Washington gubernatorial candidate Republican Rob McKenna looks at Democrat Jay Inslee during their final debate in Seattle in 2012.

November 21, 2013, 4:00pm Business

SEATTLE -- A former Washington attorney general who is now lobbying for Montana and North Dakota has said an environmental review of a proposed coal terminal in Longview should not include possible climate change considerations. Read story

Russ Childers, left, of Seattle, sits among other protesters as they demonstrate against trains carrying coal for export moving through Washington state on Thursdayin Tacoma. The protest occurred prior to the fifth and final public hearing on the environmental impact statement for a proposed coal export terminal in Longview.

Thousands weigh in on coal-export plan

Russ Childers, left, of Seattle, sits among other protesters as they demonstrate against trains carrying coal for export moving through Washington state on Thursdayin Tacoma. The protest occurred prior to the fifth and final public hearing on the environmental impact statement for a proposed coal export terminal in Longview.

November 17, 2013, 4:00pm Business

SEATTLE -- Regulators have received an unprecedented number of public comments on a controversial proposal to export millions of tons of coal out of southwest Washington. Read story

Falling coal prices may hurt N.W. terminal plans

November 13, 2013, 4:00pm Business

PENDLETON, Ore. -- Declining coal prices in once profitable Asian markets could spell financial trouble for three proposed Northwest export terminals, including Ambre Energy's Morrow Pacific project, according to critics. Read story

A coal train heads north through Bellingham in 2011.

Study suggests coal trains are emitting coal dust

A coal train heads north through Bellingham in 2011.

November 4, 2013, 4:00pm Business

SEATTLE -- A new study by a University of Washington Bothell professor suggests coal trains are contributing to air pollution in the Northwest. Read story

Demonstrators from Rising Tide, an environmental group with chapters in Portland and Vancouver, carried signs and chanted Monday morning in protest of an oil-transfer terminal proposed for the Port of Vancouver. About 50 people joined in the Monday morning event.

Rising Tide protesters gather at port gate

Demonstrators from Rising Tide, an environmental group with chapters in Portland and Vancouver, carried signs and chanted Monday morning in protest of an oil-transfer terminal proposed for the Port of Vancouver. About 50 people joined in the Monday morning event.

November 3, 2013, 4:00pm Business

About 50 environmental activists paraded and chanted this morning near the entrance to the Port of Vancouver, in the latest protest against proposed construction of an oil-transfer terminal at the port. Read story

Greenpeace volunteer McKenzie Huso, 18, of Corvallis walks past the wheelhouse of the Rainbow Warrior in Vancouver on Wednesday.

Greenpeace ship part of local protest against proposed coal export facilities

Greenpeace volunteer McKenzie Huso, 18, of Corvallis walks past the wheelhouse of the Rainbow Warrior in Vancouver on Wednesday.

October 31, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

There aren't many sailboats equipped with a helipad and twin masts that are too tall to fit under the Interstate 5 Bridge. Read story

Pro-, anti-coal money floods Whatcom County races

October 22, 2013, 5:00pm Northwest

SEATTLE -- An unprecedented amount of outside money pouring into local elections in Whatcom County may shape whether the area becomes home to the largest coal-shipping terminal on the West Coast. Read story

Supporters of a coal terminal in Longview wear blue shirts and opponents wear red in this photo taken about 5:15 p.m. today at the Clark County Events Center at the Fairgrounds.

Coal terminal hearings draw 1,000

Supporters of a coal terminal in Longview wear blue shirts and opponents wear red in this photo taken about 5:15 p.m. today at the Clark County Events Center at the Fairgrounds.

October 8, 2013, 5:00pm Business

The next scoping meeting for the environmental review of Millennium Bulk Terminals-Longview's proposed coal-export operation is taking place this afternoon and evening at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds. Read story

Massive structures, like the one pictured above, are remnants of what the site now operated by Millennium Bulk Terminals-Longview used to be: an aluminum smelting operation stretching back to 1941.

Coal may bring new life to Longview plant

Massive structures, like the one pictured above, are remnants of what the site now operated by Millennium Bulk Terminals-Longview used to be: an aluminum smelting operation stretching back to 1941.

October 5, 2013, 5:00pm Business

The sprawling site of a former aluminum smelter in Longview faces so many hurdles in its bid to be reborn as a coal-shipping terminal that it's hard to know where to start. Read story

Madeleine Brown of Richland speaks Tuesday to a group of about 40 protesters in front of Trac in Pasco. They were voicing their concerns about a proposed coal export terminal in Longview.

250 turn out for coal train hearing at Pasco

Madeleine Brown of Richland speaks Tuesday to a group of about 40 protesters in front of Trac in Pasco. They were voicing their concerns about a proposed coal export terminal in Longview.

October 1, 2013, 5:00pm Business

PASCO -- About 250 people turned out Tuesday in Pasco for the third of five planned hearings on a proposed coal export terminal at Longview. Read story