Companies Blocked From Using West Coast Ports to Export Fossil Fuels Keep Seeking Workarounds
Read time: 6 minsGuest | December 23, 2018
By Guest • Sunday, December 23, 2018 - 03:00

By Shawn Olson-Hazboun, Evergreen State College and Hilary Boudet, Oregon State University
A year after Washington state denied key permits for a coal-export terminal in the port city of Longview, the Army Corps of Engineers announced it would proceed with its review — essentially ignoring the state’s decision.
This dispute pits federal authorities against local and state governments. It’s also part of a larger and long-running battle over fossil fuel shipments to foreign countries that stretches up the entire American West Coast.