Coal hard facts

Audio slideshow: Chris Jordan on America’s coal consumption 0

Artist Chris Jordan is known for his creative representations of American consumption habits, but even he was shocked to find out the numbers involved in producing coal-fired electricity.

After learning about mountaintop removal mining in the Appalachian range, Jordan decided to illustrate just how much coal we consume each day—and the project turned out to be much more immense than he had realized.

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Series Intro
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Audio slideshow: Chris Jordan on America's coal consumption 0
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