Utah’s coal industry facing setback

The Utah coal industry faces a major setback after a city in California's Bay Area approved a ban on the storage and handling of coal.

The Richmond City Council voted unanimously on a three-year phaseout of coal transportation at the Levin-Richmond Terminal.

The port ships one-million tons of coal from Utah every year, transferring it from train cars to vessels bound for Japan.

Utah's largest coal producer, Wolverine Fuels, has already let the city government know it could file a lawsuit.