Utah wants to get into the coal-exporting business. To do that, the state intends to invest $53 million in a new deep-water port in Oakland, Calif., in a bid to guarantee ship-loading rights for coal and other central Utah products that will be sent abroad â to Asia and Latin America. But pulling off the deal could prove more controversial than Utah bargained for. Coal may be the official state rock, but it is a commodity non grata in Californiaâs Bay Area.
Utah Coal: California, Here It Comes -- And Not Everyone Is Happy
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