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Coal-shipping plan divides Oakland over health, jobs issues

2015-10-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

San Francisco Chronicle: Oaklands City Council has until early December to make a costly choice: agree to move millions of tons of potentially lung-damaging coal through the city each year for export, or ban the coal and disrupt -- potentially derailing -- a major development that promises nearly 12,000 jobs. Opposition to coal is mounting from public health experts, environmental groups and even some council members. But the company contracted to develop and operate a shipping terminal set to open near the east end...

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