Oakland Bulk & Oversized Terminal (OBOT) has sued the City of Oakland in federal court after facing strong opposition from environmentalists and others who oppose coal exports through the new bulk handling terminal OBOT wants to build.
OBOT accused the Oakland City Council of an “unconstitutional abuse of its power.”
OBOT is seeking an injunction against a city ordinance and resolution that prohibits the transportation and export of coal and petroleum coke (petcoke) to and through its planned rail and marine terminal currently in development on city land at the Port of Oakland.
