In Cherry Point, Wash., an $850 million coal-export terminal was rejected in May. The site’s… Many major fossil-fuel projects across the U.S., from pipelines to export terminals, have been shelved or significantly delayed because of a confluence of new regulations, grass-roots opposition and a drop in energy prices. Overall, more than a dozen projects, worth about $33 billion, have been either rejected by regulators or withdrawn by developers since 2012, with billions more tied up in projects still in regulatory limbo. The trend leaves some communities without access to lower-cost fuel and higher-paying jobs while also reflecting a growing wariness in the public’s eye of fossil fuels. Cancellations are affecting the coal industry’s bid to ship its product through the Pacific Northwest, where local communities are increasingly opposed to fossil fuels due to climate-change concerns. In May, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rejected a proposed $850 million coal-export […]