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Old King Coal

coal
SIERRA Article
Julia Bonds

Julia Bonds: Dethroning King Coal

activism, coal
SIERRA Article
tuna

How the Coal Industry Poisoned Your Tuna Sandwich

coal, food and drink, oceans
SIERRA Article
Each bite of this bucket at Wyoming's Black Thunder mine holds 170 cubic yards of coal.

Digging a Hole for China

coal
SIERRA Article
Dustin White's family graveyard lies in a hollow between two mountains that mining companies are flattening to get at their coal.

Move Not Those Bones

coal, mountaintop-removal mining
SIERRA Article
Bob Guenther, president of Centralia's Central Labor Council: Without a smooth transition for plant workers, 'we'd have been fighting that to the nth degree.'

Kick Coal, Save Jobs Right Now

coal, jobs, labor
SIERRA Article
The endangered night sky at Bryce Canyon National Park.

The Source of Wealth

coal, saving wild places
SIERRA Article
A kayaker at Pillow Rock on the Upper Gauley River in West Virginia.

Strip Mine Holiday

adventure, coal, mountaintop-removal mining
SIERRA Article
Aaliya, Ayona, and Zayda Hernandez near their home on the Moapa Band of Paiutes Reservation, about an hour north of Las Vegas. Since 1965, coal ash from the Reid Gardner Generating station has been dumped into uncovered ''ponds'' less than a half-mile fro

The Cost of Coal, Disposal: Nevada

coal, environmental justice, The Cost of Coal
SIERRA Article
Sierra traveled to three states to ask people how their lives have been affected by the world's dirtiest energy source--and what they're doing to stop it.

The Cost of Coal: Videos

coal, environmental justice, The Cost of Coal
SIERRA Article