Fairless Hills Terminal
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Fairless Hills Terminal is located on the Delaware River in Pennsylvania, United States.
Location
Project Details
- Owner: Kinder Morgan Energy Partners
- Location: Fairless Hills, Pennyslvania
- Capacity (Million metric tonnes per annum): 1.63
- Status: Operating
- Type: Exports
Background
The terminal is owned by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners. The terminal provides facilities for importing and exporting numerous commodities, including coal.[1] As of 2015, the terminal had an annual coal capacity of 1.8 million short tons (approximately 1.63 million metric tonnes).[2]
Sightline Institute reports
An April 2012 report by the environmental think tank Sightline Institute, "The Facts about Kinder Morgan," , lists a series of legal violations and pollution incidents at various Kinder Morgan terminals. The report includes the following:[3]
- "In Louisiana, Kinder Morgan’s coal export facilities are so dirty that satellite photos clearly show coal dust pollution spewing into the Mississippi River."
- "In South Carolina, coal dust from Kinder Morgan’s terminal contaminates oysters, pilings, and boats. Locals have even caught the company on video washing coal directly into sensitive waterways."
- "In Virginia, Kinder Morgan’s coal export terminal is an open sore on the neighborhood, coating nearby homes in dust so frequently that even the mayor is speaking out about the problem."
- "In Portland, Kinder Morgan officials bribed a ship captain to illegally dump contaminated material at sea, and their operations have repeatedly polluted the Willamette River."
- "Kinder Morgan has been fined by the US government for stealing coal from customer’s stockpiles, lying to air pollution regulators, illegally mixing hazardous waste into gasoline, and many other crimes."
- "Kinder Morgan’s pipelines are plagued by leaks and explosions, including two large dangerous spills in residential neighborhoods in British Columbia."
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ "Fairless Hills Terminal, Fairless Hills, PA," Kinder Morgan, accessed Sep. 2021
- ↑ US Coal Exports: The Long Road to Asian Markets, The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, March 2015, p. 38
- ↑ Eric de Place, "The Facts about Kinder Morgan," Sightline Institute, April 2012
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