An embattled coal terminal could be a lifeline for US coal

California, United States – Margaret Gordon had seen her grandson racked with asthma in the early 1990s in West Oakland in California. Fumes from the trucks carrying freight from the nearby port, among the United States’ largest, led to one in five children in the area seeking emergency care visits for respiratory illnesses like her grandson’s. The dust didn’t spare the elderly, eithe...