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Port of Vancouver dodges coal, embraces potash

Terminal 5 at Port of Vancouver USA, with Mt. Hood in the background.

The port’s decision in 2009 to export potash rather than coal positioned it to accomplish long-term economic development objectives.

It also enabled the port to sidestep a growing controversy over whether Washington state should become a big player in exporting coal, [...]

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