Coal

 KN: The Left-heads at it again.

Coal Fuels a Fight in Oregon

Northwest Residents Pulled Between Desire for Jobs, Environmental Concerns

BY JOEL MILLMAN

PORTLAND, Ore.—Environmentalists who scuttled development of a coal-export terminal in Washington last year are back at it in Oregon, trying to keep two ports from becoming transit points for coal shipped to the Far East.

But while many local residents share the activists' concerns about pollution, the projects' promise of jobs also resonates widely in a region suffering from declines in fishing, timber and other resource-related industries.

Opponents have set their sights on several proposed terminals that would facilitate the shipment of coal mined in the Rocky Mountains to countries such as China that allow the type of coal-burning power ...