Posts tagged dust
Stories about America's second-largest waste stream.
Geoff discusses the impact of coal on the air in Brisbane and alternative sources of fuel
Watch: Information about coal exports in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
(Source: hychkasiem)
"To truly grasp the local environmental brouhaha of the moment, one must start in Wyoming."
A nice explanatory piece about the Northwest coal export proposals. Check out EarthFix’s coverage on Coal In The Northwest.
Bonnie Meltzer is a political artist living in North Portland and an organizer with the North Portland Coal Committee. She is concerned about the impact of coal trains coming through her neighborhood. The issue has become a focal point in her art work.
Produced by Toni Tabora-Roberts and Bonnie Stewart.
Read more about Coal in the Northwest at earthfix.info/coal.
(Source: earthfix.opb.org)
Black dust from the giant coal ash heap across the street from Kathy Little’s Louisville home swirls in the wind, coating her windows, her car, and blows indoors to settle on the furniture.
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“It’s a constant struggle and it’s a sad situation because there’s not a lot of people that know that goliath is over there,” Little said of the ash dump near her home — at Louisville Gas & Electric’s Cane Run Station.
