"An official with the Army Corps of Engineers told a Congressional committee Tuesday it doesn't plan a broad environmental study on exporting coal from the western United States."

"Environmentalists and elected officials in Washington, Oregon and Montana have called on the federal government to look at the cumulative effects of shipping millions of tons of coal via train from Montana and Wyoming to ports on the West Coast.

They worry about increased pollution from coal dust, traffic congestion and climate change impacts from burning the fuel."

Donna Blankinship and Matthew Brown report for the Associated Press June 18, 2013. [2]

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"Army Corps Deals Blow To Greens On Coal Exports" (Politico) [3]