When environmentalists busted up dams, coal moved in

Grist
By Nathanael JohnsonFeb 27, 2019, 5:00 am349 pts
Dam busting is a grand tradition of American environmentalism. In 1966, when the Sierra Club and allies got Congress to prohibit new dams in the Grand Canyon it was “a turning point, the biggest victory yet for conservation,” according to the PBS documentary A Fierce Green Fire. At the innermost center of…

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