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“Power Madness” in America, the Big Buildup of coal, and a Senate hearing from five decades ago

Five decades ago, the US Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs held a remarkable hearing. It was notable because … More

coal, farmington, fossilfuels, Pollution

The Big Breakdown of coal, illustrated by one chart

After World War II, the federal government, utilities, and developers embarked on a project to build dams, mines, power plants, … More

BigBreakdown, coal, electricity, Energy, environment, GreatDecoupling, history, Pollution, power

On the alleged persecution of billionaires

I recently wrote an information-crammed article/dataviz for High Country News about the slow death of coal in Wyoming. One of … More

billionaires, coal, economics, inequality, oligarchy, taxes, wealth, Wyoming

OPEN LETTER TO THE PEOPLE: The Sacred and the Revolution (by Ian M. Thompson, 1975)

Editor’s Note: While going through a bunch of my father’s old writing, I came across a copy of the Deep … More

coal, Colorado Plateau, Energy, environmental history, Ian Thompson, Oil, Telluride, throwback, uranium, Writing

“This can’t be the United States”: An excerpt from River of Lost Souls

To drive west out of Farmington is to travel through the borderland, where the northeastern edge of the Navajo Nation … More

#RiverofLostSouls, coal, journalism, newmexico, Pollution, Writing

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