Proposed terminal to export coal to Asia creates tense showdown in port city as key players cite potential health risks,yet industry could provide needed jobsMargaret Gordon will not get out of the car. She is in the shadow of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay bridge on a triangle of land where a bustling maritime terminal is planned.“The pollution is too bad,” the 70-something activist declares, and the terminal isnt even built yet. She rummages through her purse for an inhaler. “I got a sore throat. I have allergy attacks … See the crane operating over there? All that’s going to be OBOT.”There’s a visceral,nearly existential rejection of the plan that we will be a superhighway for coal and oil Related: Death by gentrification: the killing that shamed San Francisco | Rebecca Solnit destitute communities pay the brunt when it comes to health and safety issuesContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com