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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Cecilia Nowell

Trump wants to put a $75m coal terminal in this liberal California city. Residents aren’t having it

People march and carry a banner protesting a coal export terminal
Protesters demonstrate against a proposed coal terminal near West Oakland on 30 October 2017. Photograph: MediaNews Group/Bay Area News/Getty Images

West Oakland, a California neighborhood known for its rich history of Black activism from the Pullman Porters’ union to the Black Panthers, might not seem like the site of the country’s next great coal project.

But that’s exactly what the Trump administration is pushing for – with the injection of $75m to build a sprawling coal export terminal in the nearby port of Oakland.

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