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Bay Area lawmakers push back on Trump’s proposed $75M Oakland coal terminal
President Donald Trump’s announcement this week of a controversial project that would create a $75 million coal export terminal in Oakland isn’t sitting well with some local representatives. The Oakland terminal is just one of 13 total projects the president proposed Thursday, invoking the Cold War-era Defense Production Act, allowing him to provide $700 million […] The post Bay Area lawmakers push back on Trump’s proposed $75M Oakland coal terminal appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, Bay Area lawmakers push back on Trump’s proposed $75M Oakland coal terminal, President Donald Trump’s announcement this week of a controversial project that would create a $75 million coal export terminal in Oakland isn’t sitting well with some local representatives. The Oakland terminal is just one of 13 total projects the president proposed Thursday, invoking the Cold War-era Defense Production Act, allowing him to provide $700 million […] The post Bay Area lawmakers push back on Trump’s proposed $75M Oakland coal terminal appeared first on Local News Matters .
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