How the future of Utah’s coal industry rests with a federal judge in San Francisco
Three mines in central Utah want to expand but millions of tons of sooty exports need to pass through California port cities like Oakland, where residents have banned coal.
(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) Crews move coal at the Levan transfer facility along Interstate 15--south of Nephi where a steady flow of trucks unload it before it is transferred to train cars. Utah Community Impact Board awarding a $50 million loan to four coal-producing counties to help build a deep-water port in Oakland, Calif. that would be a shipping point for Utah coal.