on June 28, 2016 in World News
Oakland City Council Votes to Ban Coal, Lose 1,000 Jobs
by Joel B. Pollak The Oakland City Council voted unanimously Monday evening to ban the storage, handling and export of coal from a new port terminal. The council did so despite the prospect of 1,000 construction jobs, and 120 permanent jobs, at the terminal site. The purported reason for banning coal was concern about health and safety. However, broader environmental concerns about climate change, and the desire to ban all fossil fuels from the economy, played a role in the public debate about the issue. A campaign led by Earthjustice, an environmental group, had urged the public to back the resolution banning… View Article
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