Washington state blamed for holding up fossil fuel exports
BILLINGS, Mont. — Republican lawmakers from Western states and industry executives on Thursday accused Washington state officials of unfairly blocking fossil fuel projects and dictating winners and losers among U.S. companies seeking to export products to Asia.
Republican U.S. Sen. Steve Daines of Montana and others singled out Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, for blocking increased coal exports from Wyoming and Montana, the nation’s top coal-producing region.
U.S. coal mining contracted sharply over the past decade as natural gas and renewables captured a larger share of the electricity-generation market. Companies seeking to pivot to customers in Asia have been frustrated by the cancellation and blockage of proposed coal export terminals on the West Coast.
Under Inslee, Washington state regulators have blocked a coal export terminal in Longview that could export up to 44 million tons annually and an oil-by-rail facility that would transfer oil from the Northern Plains to barges for shipment to West Coast refineries.
“The state of Washington is a barrier in the way of getting Montana resources exported around the world, including to Asia,” Daines said during an energy conference in Billings he helped organize.
U.S. Sen. John Barrasso predicted during the conference that Washington’s attempt to “weaponize the regulatory process” by blocking permits for fossil fuel projects would have consequences in upcoming elections.
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What consequences Barrasshole? Our state doesn't want that shit here. We're not going to vote Republican any more then your state is likely to vote Democratic. Get real.
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for standing up and blocking fossil fuels. Maybe we should do more.
