Coal 101
Why yesterday's technology should not be part of tomorrow's energy future.
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MTR or Mountaintop Removal Mining, done in places like Appalachia, blows the tops off mountains to reach a thin seam of coal. To minimize waste disposal costs, companies dump millions of tons of waste rock into the valleys below.
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Liquid coal releases almost double the global warming emissions per gallon as regular gasoline, making a hybrid filled with liquid coal as dirty as a Hummer H3 running on regular gas.
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Beyond Coal in Your Own State
Find more about what's going on with coal in your own backyard.
Stopping the Coal Rush Map
Learn more about current or recent coal plant challenges, get key resources, and more.
Coal Plant Tracker
Find up to date status information about proposed coal plants across the country.
MTR Permit Tracker
Pending Permits and Possible Impacts on Appalachia's Environment & Communities.
Coal Ash and Poverty
Check out our Google map showing poverty levels near the 44 coal ash site designated "high hazard" by the Environmental Protection Agency.