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  • John Amos coal power plant, one of most polluting in the US, looms over Poca West Virginia near Charleston. Burning coal also belches suphur, nitrous oxides and mercury. John Amos coal power plant, one of most polluting in the US, looms over Poca, West Virginia near Charleston. Burning coal also belches sulphur, nitrous oxides and mercury.
  • Eagle Butte coal mine, Gillette Wyoming, dwarfs a 20 foot high coal truck. Amost half US coal is mined in Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana & burned for 37 percent of U.S. electricity. Eagle Butte coal mine, Gillette, Wyoming, dwarfs a 20 foot high coal truck. Amost half US coal is mined in Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana & burned for 37 percent of U.S. electricity.
  • 20 foot high coal truck leaves EagleButte mine, Gillette Wyoming. Amost half US coal is mined in Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana & burned for 37 percent of U.S. electricity. 20 foot high coal truck leaves EagleButte mine, Gillette Wyoming. Amost half US coal is mined in Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana & burned for 37 percent of U.S. electricity.
  • Peabody Coal's Caballo mine, Powder River Basin of Wyoming. Area produces amost half US coal. Peabody Coal's Caballo mine, Powder River Basin of Wyoming. Area produces amost half US coal.
  • Coal trains serving the North Antelope coal mine, largest in the Powder River Basin, WY. Mining creates great air and water pollution and damages groundwater. Coal trains serving the North Antelope coal mine, largest in the Powder River Basin, WY. Mining creates great air and water pollution and damages groundwater.
  • Powder River coal trains stage at Guernsey, Wyoming, with bitumin, another fossil product, in tank cars behind. Powder River coal trains stage at Guernsey, Wyoming, with bitumin, another fossil product, in tank cars behind.
  • Rancher L J Turner points out land and water lost by growing coal mines near his ranch in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming Rancher L J Turner points out land and water lost by growing coal mines near his ranch in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming
  • Mountaintop removal coal mining destroying Kayford Mountain, West Virginia. Locals work to slow the onslaught toward their family land. Mountaintop removal coal mining destroying Kayford Mountain, West Virginia. Locals work to slow the onslaught toward their family land.
  • Kayford Mountain, near Charleston WV, victim of mountaintop removal mining, 1000 feet Appalachian forest blasted away and bulldozed into stream valleys to get at thin coal layers. Kayford Mountain, near Charleston WV, victim of mountaintop removal mining, 1000 feet Appalachian forest blasted away and bulldozed into stream valleys to get at thin coal layers.
  • Mountaintop removal mining near Charleston WV, land abuse that blasts away entire forests, bulldozes overburden into streams and scrapes up coal with giant machines. Flight by Southwings. Mountaintop removal mining near Charleston WV, land abuse that blasts away entire forests, bulldozes overburden into streams and scrapes up coal with giant machines. Flight by Southwings.
  • John Amos coal power plant, one of most polluting in the US, near Poca, West Virginia, near Charleston. Tall stacks emit CO2, also suphur, nitrous oxides and mercury. John Amos coal power plant, one of most polluting in the US, near Poca, West Virginia, near Charleston. Tall stacks emit CO2, also suphur, nitrous oxides and mercury.
  • John Amos coal power plant, one of most polluting in the US, near Poca, West Virginia, near Charleston. Coming EPA regulations will limit climate changing CO2 belching from tall stacks. John Amos coal power plant, one of most polluting in the US, near Poca, West Virginia, near Charleston. Coming EPA regulations will limit climate changing CO2 belching from tall stacks.
  • Sherburne coal powerplant on Mississippi River north of Minneapolis-St Paul MN. According to owning utility it makes 2,254 megawatts; burns 30,000 tons of coal every day (three trainloads). May 2004. Sherburne coal powerplant on Mississippi River north of Minneapolis-St Paul MN. According to owning utility it makes 2,254 megawatts; burns 30,000 tons of coal every day (three trainloads). May 2004.
  • Coal being piled at yard near Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China, where nearby coal mines serve giant powerplants. Coal being piled at yard near Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China, where nearby coal mines serve giant powerplants.
  • Coal being piled at yard near Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China, where nearby coal mines serve giant powerplants. Coal being piled at yard near Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China, where nearby coal mines serve giant powerplants.
  • Men work in late afternoon unloading coal at yard near Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China, where nearby coal mines serve giant powerplants. Men work in late afternoon unloading coal at yard near Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China, where nearby coal mines serve giant powerplants.
  • Huaneng's Dalate coal-fired electric generating station south of Baotou, Inner Mongolia, near Ordos. 3100 MW capacity, in the top five largest in Inner Mongolia Huaneng's Dalate coal-fired electric generating station south of Baotou, Inner Mongolia, near Ordos. 3100 MW capacity, in the top five largest in Inner Mongolia
  • Huaneng's Dalate coal-fired electric generating station south of Baotou, Inner Mongolia, near Ordos. 3100 MW capacity, in the top five largest in Inner Mongolia Huaneng's Dalate coal-fired electric generating station south of Baotou, Inner Mongolia, near Ordos. 3100 MW capacity, in the top five largest in Inner Mongolia
  • Making coal briquettes from coal dust, a farmyard chore, Guangdong China Making coal briquettes from coal dust, a farmyard chore, Guangdong China
  • Navajo Generating Station Navajo Generating Station, 2250 megawatt coal-fired powerplant, Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona, pollutes 11 protected national park and wilderness areas and native lands, according to reports.
  • Navajo Generating Station United Bulk Terminal coal yard and conveyor, Davant, Louisiana, handles 11 million tons of coal/year on Mississippi riverside. Accused of violation of Clean Water Act. See http://ecowatch.com/2014/03/18/sue-coal-export-terminal-polluting-mississippi-river/