A nationwide shortage of archeologists could hamstring President Joe Biden’s clean energy agenda. The experts are one cog in the machine of workers needed to conceive, develop, permit and construct major energy projects.
A protracted fight to return two Powder River Basin coal mines to full operation, after its coal operator Blackjewel filed for bankruptcy, hit another snag in court Wednesday.
Cowlitz County has appealed the hearing examiner’s decision to deny two key shoreline permits needed to build Millennium Bulk Terminals’ $680 million coal dock in Longview.