Stories by Antrim Caskey

Antrim Caskey is a Brooklyn-based independent photojournalist whose work focuses on community and social justice issues. Caskey has been reporting on the human and environmental costs of Mountaintop Removal/Valley Fill coal mining since May, 2005. subscribe to Antrim Caskey's feed

Can America Clean Up from Its Worst Environmental Disaster? [Contains Photo Slideshow]

Posted on: Jan 4, 2009, Source: AlterNet

With the breaking of a coal waste dam in Tennessee, environmental and human health is threatened by millions of pounds of toxic chemicals.

Big Coal's Dirty Plans for Our Energy Future (with shocking photos)

Posted on: Dec 13, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Big coal is hoping for government subsidies to replace oil. But its "clean coal" plan is an ecological nightmare for everyone.

The Government Sanctioned Bombing of Appalachia

Posted on: Oct 8, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Thanks to Bush, Big Coal uses 3 million pounds of explosives each day in West Virginia to fuel our addiction to dirty energy.