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What coal-train dust means for human health
2013-03-12 13:37:44| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KUOW: With five coal export terminals under consideration in Washington and Oregon, Northwest residents are grappling for the first time with issues that are old hat in coal states like West Virginia and Kentucky. One of those issues: coal dust. How much of it will escape along the journey from mines in Wyoming and Montana to proposed export terminals on the West Coast? And what might that dust mean for public health? Where better to look for insight than the largest existing coal export terminal...
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