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Press Release: Utah advocates call for block of $20 million bailout for bankrupt coal port company

Better Utah August 13, 2020

PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 13, 2020 Salt Lake City– Today, a team of Utah environmental and public interest groups called on the Utah Legislature and Permanent Community Impact Fund Board (CIB) to forgo spending public funds to bail out a bankrupt California coal port developer. As reported by the Salt Lake Tribune, Insight Terminal

Plan to send $53 million in state funds to West Coast export terminal project advances in the Utah Legislature

Better Utah March 13, 2019

This article originally appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune. Read it in its entirety here. A bill that could direct more than $50 million toward developing a deep-water export terminal on the West Coast passed the House on Wednesday. Supporters of the legislation couched it as a way to bolster state industries by making coal,

Oakland cancels Bay Area port project that would ship Utah coal

Better Utah November 14, 2018

This article originally appeared in The Salt Lake Tribune. Read it in its entirety here. City leaders in Oakland, Calif., have formally yanked the plug on a marine port project that Utah’s coal country hoped would connect its mining output with Asian markets. In a correspondence exchange last month, the city notified project developer Phil Tagami it

Press Release: Despite Court Ruling, Oakland Coal Port Still Inappropriate Use of CIB Funds

Beau Bown May 15, 2018

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 15, 2018 DESPITE COURT RULING, OAKLAND COAL PORT STILL INAPPROPRIATE USE OF CIB FUNDS Salt Lake City, UT – Earlier today, a federal judge overturned Oakland’s ban on the shipment of coal through its city boundaries. The ban was put in place in 2016 after the city council found

Poll: Most Utahns Oppose Spending Money on Oakland Coal Port

Better Utah August 19, 2016

Source: Utah Policy Most Utahns oppose four counties spending $53 million in special impact funds to rehab an Oakland, CA., port to accommodate Utah coal shipments to Asia and other possible markets, a new UtahPolicy poll finds. And so it is probably a good thing that the four counties announcedThursday at a Community Impact Board meeting

RADIOACTIVE: AUGUST 18, 2016

Better Utah August 18, 2016

Source: KRCL Utah’s Opioid Habit and Pathways to Recovery Tonight’s show was hosted by Lara Jones and Billy Palmer: On the RadioActive Report (begins at 06:50): Utah’s Community Impact Board will withdraw its application for a $53 million coal port in Oakland, CA. Chase Thomas from Alliance for a Better Utah comments. Volunteer opportunities: Utah Beer Festival: Saturday, Aug.

Utah counties pull Oakland port loan application, but haven’t given up on project

Better Utah August 18, 2016

Source: The Salt Lake Tribune Four rural Utah counties on Thursday withdrew their application to invest $53 million of public money in an Oakland, Calif., deep-water port — a project they’ve seen as a way to open up new export markets for Utah coal. The move appears more technical than a sign they’ve given up

Coalition requests federal investigation of Utah funding for Oakland port Read more: Moab Times-Independent – Coalition requests federal investigation of Utah funding for Oakland port

Better Utah June 23, 2016

Source: Moab Times A coalition of nine groups, including law firms and organizations throughout Utah and the West, has formally requested a federal investigation into Utah’s allocation of $53 million to buy throughput capacity at an Oakland, California, deep-water shipping terminal. In a June 20 letter, the coalition asked U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Office

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