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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

Utah Lawmaker Mike McKell Makes False Claims During House of Representatives Debate on Coal Port Bill

Better Utah March 14, 2019

This article originally appeared on Medium. Read it in its entirety here. The Utah House of Representatives passed SB248 from Rep. Mike McKell (R-Spanish Fork). As substituted, the legislation streamlines the ability for Utah counties to invest millions of dollars in an out-of-state coal port. During House debate, McKell repeatedly claimed that no taxpayer dollars

Press Release: Sponsor makes false claims during House debate on coal port bill

Katie Matheson March 14, 2019

PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 13, 2019 Salt Lake City, UT – Without a House committee hearing, the House of Representatives passed S.B. 248 from Rep. Mike McKell, which, as substituted, streamlines the ability for Utah counties to invest millions of dollars in an out-of-state coal port. During the House debate, Rep. McKell repeatedly claimed

BETTER UTAH COMMENDS WITHDRAWAL OF COAL PORT APPLICATION; URGES RESPONSIBLE USE OF CIB FUNDS

Better Utah August 18, 2016

Salt Lake City, UT – The Alliance for a Better Utah commends today’s decision by four Utah counties to withdraw their application to invest in a $53 million coal port in Oakland, CA. The decision was announced this morning in a meeting of the Community Impact Board (CIB) by Carbon County Commissioner Jae Potter following

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

Lawmakers approve $53M for controversial coal port in California

Better Utah March 11, 2016

Source: KUTV On the last night of the Utah legislative session, lawmakers approved a bill that will fund a $53 million coal facility at a port in Oakland, California. “It’s a sandbagging of the process, a sandbagging of the public,” said David Irvine, a private attorney who is also a board member of Alliance for

OpEd: $54 million investment in California coal port is nothing more than a shell game

Better Utah March 7, 2016

Utah legislators just doubled down on a risky venture to use Utah taxpayer dollars to fund a coal export facility in Oakland, California. This deal has been troubled from the beginning, when our state’s Community Impact Board (CIB) rushed through approvals of a $53 million investment in the out-of-state port, intended to ship coal mined

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