Coal dust’s environmental impacts

KUOW: Paul Barber isn't one to let a little rain get in the way of doing his job. As the plant superintendent for one of the largest open-pit mines in the world, part of Barber's job is to see that more than 100 million tons of coal gets loaded onto trains every year and sent from the Black Thunder Mine in northeastern Wyoming to power plants around the country. Barber sits in front of a wall of computer monitors with blinking multi-colored lights. Asked what happens if it rains on an uncovered coal...

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