SEATTLE (AP) — Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer is in Seattle to meet with Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire and push for a proposal major coal shipping terminal on the lower Columbia River.
Schweitzer and Gregoire are meeting at a downtown Seattle office about the proposal by Millennium Bulk Logistics to build the terminal west of Longview. They hope to export up to 5.7 million tons of coal a year to China and other Asian countries.
The coal would come from the Powder River Basin in southeastern Montana and Wyoming.
Schweitzer supports the project as a way to boost his state’s coal-mining industry. He says both Montana and Washington should be behind the project, which would improve the economy and create jobs in both states.
