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Originally Posted by Husty
Only a small portion of coal going out of that port is thermal coal, the rest is metallurgical coal which comes from BC, which actually burns fairly clean.. Not saying its much better after all the emissions from extraction and shipping by rail then across the ocean. But its definitely not US made thermal coal, China mines their own thermal coal. People living close to the port do complain about coal dust though.
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You may want to check a bit further on the Wyoming and Montana coal that is shipped up to Vancouver and that island is used as a staging point for shipping. That coal is not metallurgical.
https://nationalpost.com/news/politi...porter-of-coal
Also the calculated annual carbon footprint on shipped coal exceeds BC's carbon footprint on an annual basis. Always good to turn your head on problems in your back yard as long as they generate a revenue stream.
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