The human cost of coal, in photos

The human cost of coal, in photos | Grist

grist.org 21 Oct '12, 2pm

The human cost of coal, in photos

For generations, people in River Rouge, Mich., have lived within sniffing distance of a coal-fired power plant, an oil refinery, a sewage-treatment plant, a steel mill, and other industrial polluters. In front of her River Rouge home, Siobhan Washington hugs granddaughter Marianna Hildreth while some of her other grandchildren play. "I don't understand why more people aren't concerned about it," she said of her hometown. "People are dying off, slowly but surely, in their 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s."

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