Calif. Senate passes measure to block coal export funding to governor

摘要

The California State Senate approved a bill that would halt future staternfunding for export projects that would allow coal to be shipped or exportedrnthrough California.rnThe bill now heads to the governor’s desk after the Senate passed thernmeasure less than a day after it cleared the state assembly. The bill fromrnstate Sen. Loni Hancock, D-Oakland, bars the California TransportationrnCommission from allocating state funds for new coal-related projects butrndoes not affect existing projects related to safety, rehabilitation, congestionrnreduction, modernization or maintenance.