EPA wants full review of Oregon coal export project

Associated Press: The Environmental Protection Agency has weighed in on the first of several coal-export projects in the Northwest, telling the Army Corps of Engineers that it should thoroughly review the potential impacts of exporting large amounts of coal from Wyoming and Montana to Asia. A project at Port of Morrow in Oregon has "the potential to significantly impact human health and the environment," the EPA said, so the corps should address overall impacts, including increases in greenhouse gas emissions,...

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