Bleizeffer talks coal on EarthFix podcast

Last week I spent the afternoon with Katie Campbell of Seattle’s PBS KCTS9 in my hometown of Gillette, talking about Wyoming’s coal mining industry and ambitions to export Wyoming coal through ports along the Pacific Northwest. Katie and I also chatted with Ashley Ahearn, science and environment reporter at KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio. Here’s a link to our conversation about coal exports, posted at the EarthFix podcast. I had a great time visiting with Katie and Ashley, and I learned a few things about attitudes toward coal and the environment in the Pacific Northwest, too.

— Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile editor-in-chief

Dustin Bleizeffer is a Report for America Corps member covering energy and climate at WyoFile. He has worked as a coal miner, an oilfield mechanic, and for 25 years as a statewide reporter and editor primarily...

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