Faced with sliding domestic demand for coal, the governor of Wyoming has kept pressing for access to deep-water ports in the Northwest that would allow exports to Asian markets.
Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead met Monday with Washington Gov. Jay Inslee in Olympia and plans to meet Tuesday with Oregon Gov. Kate Brown.
Many in the Northwest don’t welcome the process of heavy train traffic that would be necessary to move millions of tons of coal through their states. They also don’t like the thought of enabling foreign nations to burn more coal even as the United States clamps down on emissions from coal-fired plants at home.