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Two coal companies want to export coal through the Port of St. Helens

Two big coal-industry players are proposing to export Montana and Wyoming coal through the Port of St. Helens , putting Oregon squarely in the mix as a shipping point to meet growing Asian demand.

On Jan. 25, the port's commission will consider proposals from Kinder Morgan Terminals and Pacific Transloading, a subsidiary of Ambre Energy . Currently, Canada hosts the only West Coast coal export terminals.

A new terminal would bring badly needed jobs and development. It raises concerns with community and environmental activists, who worry about exporting dirty fuel and about hazardous coal dust escaping at ports and from trains running through the Columbia River Gorge and Portland.

"This is going to be extremely unpopular in Oregon," said Brett VandenHeuvel, executive director of Columbia Riverkeeper . "I'm positive the coal companies are going to have a big fight on their hands."

Kinder Morgan, which operates more than 180 terminals in North America, would develop a traditional dry bulk export terminal at the port's Port Westward industrial park near Clatskanie, using rail lines and building facilities to store and load coal, said Patrick Trapp, the port's executive director.

The company has told the port the development would provide a minimum of 80 full-time jobs in addition to construction work, Trapp said. It's not clear yet how much coal Kinder Morgan wants to export -- a company representative did not return phone calls Tuesday afternoon.

Pacific Transloading would ship 3.5 million metric tons of coal a year, Ambre Energy North America said, with potential to ship as much as 8 million metric tons with port approval. Coal would be shipped on covered barges, received at Port Westward and directly loaded onto about 50 ocean-going ships a year.

Loading would be from an enclosed loading barge to prevent coal dust from escaping, the company said.

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BOSTON (Reuters) - Derrick Rose, sacré meilleur joueur de la saison régulière de NBA l'an passé, a conduit vendredi soir les Chicago Bulls à la victoire sur le parquet des Boston Celtics sur le score de 88-79.

La star des Bulls était pourtant incertain avant le début du match, en raison d'une blessure à un orteil. Il a fini meilleur marqueur de la rencontre avec 25 points et sept passes décisives.

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En deuxième mi-temps, les champions NBA 2008 ont effectué un beau retour, ramenant l'écart à 67-66 à dix minutes de la fin grâce à un trois points du français Mickaël Pietrus.

Mais par la suite, Derrick Rose a repris les affaires en main, inscrivant plusieurs paniers après des pénétrations ou des tirs longue distance.

Ray Allen a fini meilleur scoreur pour les Bostoniens avec 16 points tandis que le meneur Rajon Rondo a effectué un nouveau "double-double" (14 points, 11 passes). Mickaël Pietrus a marqué 6 points en 18 minutes de jeu.

A Chicago, le Français Joakim Noah a capté 12 rebonds et rapporté 10 points à la franchise de l'Illinois.

Dans la rencontre entre les San Antonio Spurs de Tony Parker et les Blazers de Nicolas Batum, c'est le meneur français qui a eu le dernier mot.

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