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title: A beautiful dot in Bingen, Washington USA, with an ugly sight behind
date: 2012-05-07T03:42:25Z
modified: 2012-05-07T03:42:25Z
permalink: "https://350.org/beautiful-dot-bingen-washington-usa-ugly-sight-behind/"
type: post
status: publish
excerpt: "That's a coal train headed for the Pacific--and the fossil fuel industry would like to send many more of those westward if we can't stop them "
wpid: 29497
author: Bill McKibben
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That’s a coal train headed for the Pacific–and the fossil fuel industry would like to send many more of those westward if we can’t stop them

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