Across America, people are living in the shadow of the coal industry.
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Growing up in the heart of rural England, I didn\'t think I had a coal story. This spring though, I\'ve moved to Washington, D.C., to work as a media intern with Greenpeace. Coal was always more abstract in my mind; a problem yes, but one that didn\'t directly affect me or my community. But after starting with Greenpeace, I began to learn about the devastation caused throughout the coal lifecycle. I researched the coal plant closest to me back home. It\'s about 15 miles away, on the outskirts of a village called Ironbridge. The bridge there, which crosses the River Severn, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site as it was the first bridge built of iron in 1779. Ironbridge also played a pivotal role developing manufacturing during the Industrial Revolution. Today, though Ironbridge is a picturesque heritage site (a place youll find tourists milling around, visiting the many museums dotted around the gorge that pay homage to its industrial past) its in the shadow of the dirty coal plant; the...read more
