Utah is suing a California city over its coal ban
Attorney general argues local law violates Constitution and could cost Utah jobs.
(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) This Tribune file photo from 2017 shows crews moving 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 bound for export terminals in California. Utah has joined industry lawsuits seeking to invalidate a coal ban enacted by the city of Richmond, a key port city where Utah coal is shipped to Japan.
| Jan. 11, 2021, 2:11 p.m.
Utah has fully joined the latest round of lawsuits over exporting coal through West Coast ports, this one brought by Utah coal-producer Wolverine Fuels fighting one city’s coal ban that threatens to disrupt an export program that helps keep Utah mines churning.