Oakland cancels Bay Area port project that would ship Utah coal

City leaders in Oakland, Calif., have formally yanked the plug on a marine port project that Utah’s coal country hoped would connect its mining output with Asian markets.In a correspondence exchange last month, the city notified project developer Phil Tagami it was terminating his firm’s lease for failure to meet construction milestones specified in the contract. Tagami responded with a 51-page notice of claim threatening to sue the city for allegedly sabotaging the project.The propo