Climate & Energy: Dirty Energy

The Cost of Coal, Disposal: Nevada

The coal-fired Reid Gardner Generating Station dumps its combustion waste into uncovered "ponds" beside the Moapa Band of Paiutes Reservation

By Steve Hawk November 13, 2012

In this story: coal, environmental justice, The Cost of Coal

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

Strip Mine Holiday

A mountaintop-removal coal mine threatens Fayetteville's new outdoor-adventure economy

By Jesse Wood September 30, 2012

In this story: coal, adventure, mountaintop-removal mining

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

Fractured Lives

Detritus of Pennsylvania's shale gas boom

By Edward Humes July 2, 2012

In this story: methane gas, dirty fuels

A natural gas rig side by side with homes in Washington County, Pennsylvania.

The Source of Wealth

Utah chooses coal mining over its natural wonders

By Paul Rauber May 19, 2012

In this story: coal, saving wild places

The endangered night sky at Bryce Canyon National Park.

Sound Off

Will the symphony of the Great Bear Rainforest be silenced by tar sands oil tankers?

Text and photographs by Aaron Teasdale May 1, 2012

In this story: adventure, travel, wildlife, dirty fuels, saving wild places

Kick Coal, Save Jobs Right Now

In Washington State, a blue-green alliance helps phase out dirty energy

By Scott Martelle January 30, 2012

In this story: coal, labor, jobs

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.'

Move Not Those Bones

Coal mining in Appalachia destroys more than mountains

By Daniel McGlynn March 1, 2012

In this story: coal, mountaintop-removal mining

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

Livelihoods on the Line

The cleanup is winding down, but the question remains: Would you eat an oyster from the Gulf of Mexico?

By Douglas McCollam May 6, 2011

In this story: environmental justice, oil, dirty fuels

"It's toxic down here," says Forrest Travirca. | Photo by Sean Gardner

Digging a Hole for China

Mining companies want to export U.S. coal to China. But first they have to go through Longview.

By Peter Frick-Wright March 1, 2011

In this story: coal

Each bite of this bucket at Wyoming's Black Thunder mine holds 170 cubic yards of coal.

Beyond Oil in 20 Years

Here's how to get there

By Paul Rauber January 27, 2011

In this story: dirty fuels, oil