BY MOLLY MARCELLO
Now that the Oakland City Council has voted unanimously to ban the handling and storage of coal at the city’s terminals and bulk material facilities, Utah supporters of a throughput capacity project say they are in “wait and see” mode. Utah legislation that became effective July 1 established the funding mechanism to purchase the right to export goods such as coal overseas through an Oakland, California, deepwater export terminal. However, whether Oakland’s vote has killed the Utah project remains unclear at this point...