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Local activists participate in the People's Climate March Columbia River on April 29, 2017, in Kalama, Washington.
(Rick Rappaport)

Article January 10, 2022

A Community Says ‘No’ to a Massive Climate-Polluting Refinery

Under legal and public pressure, a developer abandoned plans to build a methanol refinery in Kalama, Washington, that was set to become one of the top climate polluters in the…

In the News: S&P Global January 21, 2021

After Trump no-show, Supreme Court fight over Wash. coal exports left to Biden

Jan Hasselman, Attorney, Northwest Office, Earthjustice: "We would certainly hope that [President Joe Biden] would be weighing in to stand up for the rights of states to have some control over the health and welfare of their citizens."

document August 20, 2019

Washington State Court of Appeals Ruling: Milleninum Bulk Terminals

The Department of Natural Resources and the Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary S. Franz, and Columbia Riverkeeper, Washington Environmental Council, and Sierra Club appeal the superior court’s order concluding that…

Press Release April 12, 2019

Federal Court Delays Coal Project’s Lawsuit Against Washington State

Judge stays federal case on Millennium Bulk Terminals project until state court lawsuit is resolved

Longview in Cowlitz County, WA, the proposed site of the coal export terminal
(Alex Butterfield / CC BY 3.0)

Press Release: Victory April 23, 2018

Millennium Coal Loses Again

Proposed coal export terminal suffers another blow, this time from appellate board

document November 14, 2017

Millennium Bulk Terminals: Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Decision Denying Permits

Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Decision Denying Permits with regard to the Millennium Bulk Terminals – Longview, LLC

Community members opposed the coal export terminal. If built, Millennium would have been the largest coal export facility in North America.
(Courtesy of Power Past Coal)

Press Release: Victory September 26, 2017

State Denies Key Water Quality Permit for Longview Coal Project

Largest coal export terminal in North America not moving forward

Press Release March 7, 2017

Conservation Groups Intervene to Defend Washington State Against Coal Exporter’s Lawsuit

Groups filed in support of Washington Department of Natural Resources’ decision rejecting nation’s largest coal export terminal

The Columbia River Gorge.
(Erik Harrison / Shutterstock)

Press Release January 4, 2017

Statement on Washington Department of Natural Resources’ Decision to Deny Lease for Columbia River Coal Export Terminal

Coalition of environmentalists applaud major victory for the public

Press Release June 15, 2016

Over a Quarter of a Million Public Comments Against Largest Coal Export Terminal in North America

Public comment period ends as community concerns grow over fossil fuel transport given recent oil train derailment on Columbia River

document May 22, 2013

Coal Export Area-Wide EIS Petition

Press Release May 22, 2013

Groups Petition Army Corps to Evaluate Environmental Impacts of All Proposed Coal Export Terminals in WA, OR

Elected officials, municipalities, health officials, businesses, and residents from Montana to China join call for full assessment of impacts

Article August 13, 2012

Q&A: Frank James, M.D., Whatcom Docs

Article August 6, 2012

What It Means To Be A Resource Colony

Article July 24, 2012

Who likes coal dust? Pretty much nobody

Article July 20, 2012

Will Oregon Follow Doctors’ Orders?

Article July 13, 2012

U.S. Coal Industry Eyes Overseas Market

The cumulative impacts of the proposed coal export terminals would be significant.
(Wade H. Massie / Shutterstock)

Article May 18, 2012

Conflicts Over Coal Export in Pacific Northwest

With domestic demand for coal waning in the United States, coal companies seek to ship as much coal as possible from Montana and Wyoming’s Powder River Basin to emerging Asian…

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