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A coal train snakes around the loading area at the Black Thunder mine near Gillette, WY. This mine produces about 10% of the nation's coal. It's the largest in the country.
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Ashley Ahearn
Country music, pickup trucks and dirt roads this week as EarthFix heads to coal country. Ashley Ahearn and Katie Campbell get “coal-curious” with Dustin Bleizeffer, an energy reporter from the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. Bleizeffer has been covering the region known as “The Nation’s Energy Capital” for more than 10 years.
Then get the latest results from a public opinion poll on how people in our neck of the woods feel about exporting Powder River Basin coal to Asia, via the Northwest.
Photos from the field in Gillette, Wyoming
Amelia Templeton’s web story Survey Finds Support For Coal Transport Through NW includes photos and data graphics.
Follow this issue on our new Coal In The Northwest page.
Each week, podcast host Ashley Ahearn will take you “behind-the-news.” You’ll hear conversations with fellow EarthFix journalists and interviews with experts talking about the latest environmental news. The podcast will also feature audio stories from the EarthFix team.
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