Trump wants to put a $75m coal terminal in this liberal California city. Residents aren’t having it
📰 The Guardian · 📅 Jun 15, 2026, 03:01 PM · 🌐 theguardian.com
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What happened?
Trump wants to put a $75m coal terminal in this liberal California city.
Why does this event matter?
Residents of West Oakland, which suffers from toxic waste and high pollution rates, rally against a coal export facility 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.
Residents of West Oakland, which suffers from toxic waste and high pollution rates, rally against a coal export facility 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 . Continue reading...