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A Stand Against Coal Could Push Oakland Toward Bankruptcy

It could turn out to be the costliest story ever written in a Utah weekly newspaper.

In April 2015, the Richfield Reaper covered a new initiative to export Utah coal through a port in Oakland, Calif., and across the Pacific Ocean. The story found its way to Bay Area environmentalists, who quickly circulated the piece and were outraged that Oakland’s waterfront could become a conduit for shipping fossil fuels overseas.

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