Book Review: "Colstrip, Montana." The Tragedy of an American Coal Plant
Waste ponds and evaporation ponds, at Colstrip, 1984. Photo Credit: David T. Hanson In his book Colstrip, Montana (distributed by D.A.P.), photographer David T. Hanson tells the story of a town that would never have been founded if it weren’t for the fortune in dirty coal that lies beneath it- around $350,000 per acre. It is a story told through Hanson’s photographs; a Montana native, Hanson has been photographing Colstrip since the early 1980s. The book’s only text consists of an introduction and a concluding essay by writer and environmental activist Rick Bass. Th… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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