MT readers may recall our coverage several years ago when piles of petcoke began rising on the waterfront, causing residents to complain about the gritty, greasy stuff blowing into their open windows, even when workers were spraying it down to keep it from being carried by the wind. The city was also upset that the company storing the mammoth piles of petcoke were stored "without proper zoning clearances,""necessary permits" and in violation of "applicable height restrictions."
But some powerful interests had a profit motive for turning the riverfront into their corporate ashtray.…