The Real Norilsk

“Norilsk…is a city where the bus driver tells you, ‘If a Norlisk man gets sick in Moscow, the way to cure him is to move him closer to the car’s exhaust.’”

Black Mesa Coal Pipeline

“It’s almost unimaginable how much water this coal pipeline requires.”

Butte Berkeley Pit Copper Mine

“Butte, Montana is no longer a town. It’s a dead zone.”

The W.H. Sammis Power Plant: Stratton, Ohio

“More pollution comes out of these chimneys than all of the power generating stations in New Jersey and Connecticut, combined.”

Removing Mountains

America has a lot of coal. Most of this coal is burned domestically to generate and transmit electricity. For the world, the U.S. is overwhelmingly in the lead when it comes to coal production and coal consumption. This is strip mining of coal north of Gillette, Wyoming, a town with about 20,000 permanent residents and [...]