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Deal resolves lawsuits over Bay Area coal exports, but future of Utah’s coal industry remains in doubt

Wolverine Fuels may ship coal to Japan from Richmond until end of 2026.

(San Francisco Baykeeper) An aerial photo of the Levin-Richmond Terminal in Richmond, California. The shipping of coal and petcoke dust from the Richmond terminal will phased out of by the end of 2026. At a proposed terminal in Oakland, shipments of the materials have been nixed, according to a settlement framework announced by the City of Oakland on Feb. 2, 2022. The agreement would mean coal from Utah could not be shipped out of the port.