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Supreme Court Sides with Polluters, Not The People

coal, methane gas, oil, politics, tar sands
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Warrior Up!

coal, dirty energy, saving wild places
SIERRA Article
Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett's Coal Problem

coal
SIERRA Article
The Marathon Petroleum oil refinery in southwest Detroit, which abuts River Rouge. As part of a $2.2 billion expansion that will enable it to process tar sands oil from Canada, Marathon has been buying homes adjacent to the plant. | Ami Vitale/Panos Pictu

The Cost of Coal, Combustion: Michigan

coal, environmental justice, The Cost of Coal
SIERRA Article
Mining firms must maintain a 100-foot protective zone around such burial grounds. The nearby Jarrell Cemetery, where Cook's great-grandfather is buried, is surrounded on all sides by a mining operation—a tree-studded atoll rising from a moonscape sea. | A

The Cost of Coal, Extraction: West Virginia

coal, environmental justice, The Cost of Coal
SIERRA Article
Marianna Hildreth, 7, holds her cousin Mariyah McGhee, 1, who has asthma, in their grandmother's kitchen in River Rouge, Michigan. | Ami Vitale/Panos Pictures

The Cost of Coal: Gallery

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
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
A kayaker at Pillow Rock on the Upper Gauley River in West Virginia.

Strip Mine Holiday

adventure, coal, mountaintop-removal mining
SIERRA Article
The endangered night sky at Bryce Canyon National Park.

The Source of Wealth

coal, saving wild places
SIERRA Article