Coal Has Big Impacts in Washington
The coal routes begin in Wyoming and Montana because these are the biggest coal manufacturers in the United States. All these routes run through Washington. These routes start in spokane and then lead down to Yakima, splitting off and running Seattle. From Seattle it goes into Puget Sound and leads to a dock. From Yakima it leads south and into the Columbia Gorge. Some coal train owners include SS Marine and Arch Coal Peabody Energy.
The coal train industry effects many people. The trains employ 100-4000 people depending on the incorporation. Ranching and agricultural are affected by the tracks that run through their property by a 5-7% property value drop. Damage to the water supply is caused by mining. Each coal car loses 500 pounds to one ton of coal en route.
Toxin that comes from coal ash and seeps into water is a proven problem. Arsenic, cadmium, barium, chromium, selenium, lead, and mercury exposure causes many health problems. Coal trains also have a large derailment history.
The state benefits from the taxes that it receives yearlong. It also stimulates trade with Asia, because of the large deportation of goods. This causes efficient import and export which can help agricultural purposes. #WAKYG2015 #coaltrn
This is a really good article. I love how you guys state stats throughout the article.
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Your blog was great, you included a lot of great facts, pros and cons. I also liked that you added the types of minerals found in the coal trains.
ReplyDeleteGood job with details and nice statistics . this is not Nina this is a person from the yellow group. I don't have a Google account set up on my phone so Nina signed her account in my phone so I can comment .
ReplyDelete#coaltrin #wakyg2015 Do you think that the coal train will go through? Because the price of coal has gone down since this project was started 10 years ago do you think that it is still economically feasible?
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ReplyDeletethis has been going on for year's and the way this world is ran nothing is going to change but get weird!
This blog was really good! I felt you had more negative facts than positive facts. The balance of the facts could have been better, but besides the balance the blog was GREAT! Good job
ReplyDeleteI like how you described where the coal trains are going and what harms they cause. Why are there coal trains?
ReplyDeleteI know I that it's really hard to to find a pro for this .this had a lot of good facts . great job
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