A proposed Washington state port would increase greenhouse gas emissions, but coal dust from trains traveling from Montana and Wyoming mines would not harm human health, regulators said in a report released Friday.
Those were among the findings in the final environmental impact study released by the Washington State Department of Ecology on the proposed Millennium Bulk Terminals project, which would be North America’s largest coal export dock.
The $680 million project outside Longview, Wash., is the last of six proposed Pacific Northwest coal docks standing, but it still faces steep hurdles before becoming reality.
