Blackout: On Swan Pond

When a retention wall at a coal fired power plant spilled one billion tons of toxic ash into a small community in Southern Appalachia, Americans learned coal ash is a problem that has been i... Read allWhen a retention wall at a coal fired power plant spilled one billion tons of toxic ash into a small community in Southern Appalachia, Americans learned coal ash is a problem that has been ignored for decades. We gained insight into the hidden costs of our twenty pounds a day coa... Read allWhen a retention wall at a coal fired power plant spilled one billion tons of toxic ash into a small community in Southern Appalachia, Americans learned coal ash is a problem that has been ignored for decades. We gained insight into the hidden costs of our twenty pounds a day coal habit. Blackout explores the growing energy crisis by examining one community that was a... Read all