Series: A Crackdown on Coal Dust

Coal dust coating on beach near Seward Coal Loading Terminal. Seward, Alaska. by Russ Maddox, Resurrection Bay Conservation Alliance (All rights reserved, used with permission.)
How much coal dust escapes from a coal train traveling from mines in Montana and West Virginia to export terminals located on the Northwest coast? Sightline explores the impacts of coal dust on human health and the ways this pollution can be prevented.