Texas Coal, Mexican Strip Mine
Photo by Mose Buchele for StateImpact Texas
Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras are seperated by the Rio Grande and the international border. Neither barrier stops air pollution from traveling from one side to the other.
February 8, 2012
by: Mose Buchele
At first glance it looks like good news. Carbon emissions in the U.S. have been on the decline in recent years. Texas, the country's biggest CO2 polluter has started turning away from coal as a source of electricity. But that doesn’t mean the coal is staying in the ground. For the StateImpact Texas project, Mose Buchele reports on the growing export of U.S. coal and how it’s affecting one small Texas town.
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State Impact is a collaboration with KUHF, KUT Austin and NPR.
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