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Second Place
Pete Souza The Chicago Tribune
"Environmental Battlegrounds"


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A coal mining operation in West Virginia where operators have blasted off a mountaintop to uncover valuable, low-sulphur coal seams. After the coal is removed, leftover rock and dirt is dumped into nearby valleys and streams.
 

 

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