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2017-04-29 Great White North

Trade Wars 101 - US Coal not shipped from Canadian Ports

[ProgressiveRailroading] Canadian Premier Christy Clark of British Columbia has asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to end the export of U.S. coal out of British Columbia's ports.

Clark's request comes in the wake of President Donald Trump's decision to impose tariffs of up to 24 percent on Canadian lumber shipped into the United States.

In a letter sent April 26 to Trudeau, Clark said that she told her constituents "that I would use every tool at our disposal to ensure we get a fair deal on softwood lumber."

In the meantime, she wanted to work with Trudeau on banning the shipment of U.S. thermal coal from British Columbia's ports. She noted that, for many years, the United States has shipped the coal through the ports on its way to Asia. Despite her environmental concerns about thermal coal, she hasn't pressed the issue because "friends and trading partners cooperate," her letter stated.
But now, NOW I have environmental issues!
Banning the transport of U.S. thermal coal through British Columbia would be consistent with efforts by the province and Canada to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, she noted.

"As you may know, over the past five years, every proposed coal export facility on the West Coast of the United States has been rejected or withdrawn, typically as a result of ~~left-coast~~ ecological or environmental concerns," Clark said, adding that provincial governments and U.S. western states are phasing out the use of thermal coal as a source of electricity.

"By eliminating thermal coal shipments from British Columbian ports, we can open up additional capacity for metallurgical coal that is used to make long-lasting steel, not burned to produce short-term electricity," Clark's letter stated.
Burning any kind of coal releases CO2, sister.

Posted by Bobby 2017-04-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 Trump's decision to impose tariffs of up to 24 percent on Canadian lumber shipped into the United States.

Why'd he do that?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-04-29 00:09|| 2017-04-29 00:09|| Front Page Top

#2 I didn't realise there was 'good' coal and 'bad' coal.

Posted by phil_b 2017-04-29 01:14|| 2017-04-29 01:14|| Front Page Top

#3 'Good coal' is that which you make money from.
'Bad coal' is that which costs you money.

How can she surrender the business?
I wonder what else goes thru those ports.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-04-29 04:28|| 2017-04-29 04:28|| Front Page Top

#4 NAFTA posturing Grom.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-04-29 04:30|| 2017-04-29 04:30|| Front Page Top

#5 So more shipping out of US ports, with attendant increases in jobs for rail, port, shipping industries?

Posted by NoMoreBS 2017-04-29 11:48|| 2017-04-29 11:48|| Front Page Top

#6 Apparently not. "As you may know, over the past five years, every proposed coal export facility on the West Coast of the United States has been rejected or withdrawn, typically as a result of ecological or environmental concerns," Clark said, adding that provincial governments and U.S. western states are phasing out the use of thermal coal as a source of electricity.

Posted by Bobby 2017-04-29 12:29|| 2017-04-29 12:29|| Front Page Top

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