Editing Boardman, Oregon (section)

===Coal export===
[[Ambre Energy]], a company based in Australia, proposed in 2011 to use the Port of Morrow as a transfer point for shipping U.S. coal to Asia. Ambre wants to export up to {{convert|8.8|e6ST|MT}} of coal per year from the [[Powder River Basin]] in Wyoming and Montana. It would ship the coal by train to Boardman, where it would be loaded on barges and hauled down the Columbia River to the [[Port of St. Helens]]. There it would be transferred to ocean-going ships headed for China, South Korea, Japan, and other Asian countries.<ref name="Ambre proposal">{{cite news|last=Case|first=Elizabeth|title=Supporters and Opponents Speak Out About Coal at Portland Hearing|work=The Oregonian|location=Portland|publisher=Oregon Live|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2013/07/supporters_and_opponents_speak.html|date=July 9, 2013|access-date=July 23, 2013}}</ref>

The Ambre plan generated controversy among proponents touting economic benefits and opponents fearing environmental damage. In 2014, the [[Oregon Department of State Lands]] denied the company a necessary permit for the project,<ref name="Ambre proposal"/> and the company abandoned the coal shipping proposal in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcrightnow.com/archives/request-denied-for-new-coal-dock-in-boardman/article_c6e5e845-e33d-53d5-aa94-5e6c8b819876.html|title=Request denied for new coal dock in Boardman|date=November 11, 2016|work=NonStop Local Tri-Cities/Yakima|publisher=NBC|accessdate=September 4, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.eastoregonian.com/news/local/boardman-coal-company-dumps-morrow-pacific-project/article_802857bb-763d-5dde-abf7-8077af88959c.html|title=Boardman: Coal company dumps Morrow Pacific Project|first=George|last=Plaven|work=East Oregonian|date=October 13, 2016|accessdate=September 4, 2024}}</ref>