Oregon port backs PRB coal export proposals

摘要

Efforts to push Powder River basin (PRB) coal into Asian markets through the west coast gained traction last week, as commissioners for the Port of St. Helens in Oregon approved lease agreements with Kinder Morgan and Ambre Energy to export coal. The commissioners agreed nearly unanimously to grant the companies leases that could potentially span decades, despite opposition from local citizens and environmental organizations like the Sierra Club.