07-02-2021 Marine City, Michigan, USA: DTE Energy St. Clair Power Plant coal fired and oil fired power station on the shore of the ice filled St. Clair River © Jim West

20-01-2020 River Rouge, Michigan, USA. Heaps of coal, United States Steel plant, Zug Island, Great Lakes Works. US Steel plans to close most of Great Lakes Works in 2020. © Jim West

20-01-2020 River Rouge, Michigan, USA. Heaps of coal, United States Steel plant, Zug Island, Great Lakes Works. US Steel plans to close most of Great Lakes Works in 2020. © Jim West

20-01-2020 River Rouge, Michigan, USA. Heaps of coal, United States Steel plant, Zug Island, Great Lakes Works. US Steel plans to close most of Great Lakes Works in 2020. © Jim West

13-12-2019 Detroit, Michigan USA. Explosive demolition of Conners Creek power plant, DTE Energy. The plant initially burned coal but later switched to natural gas. It closed in 2008. The site will be used by Fia... © Jim West

13-12-2019 Detroit, Michigan USA. Explosive demolition of Conners Creek power plant, DTE Energy. The plant initially burned coal but later switched to natural gas. It closed in 2008. The site will be used by Fia... © Jim West

13-12-2019 Detroit, Michigan USA. Explosive demolition of Conners Creek power plant, DTE Energy. The plant initially burned coal but later switched to natural gas. It closed in 2008. The site will be used by Fia... © Jim West

13-12-2019 Detroit, Michigan USA. Explosive demolition of Conners Creek power plant, DTE Energy. The plant initially burned coal but later switched to natural gas. It closed in 2008. The site will be used by Fia... © Jim West

13-12-2019 Detroit, Michigan USA. Explosive demolition of Conners Creek power plant, DTE Energy. The plant initially burned coal but later switched to natural gas. It closed in 2008. The site will be used by Fia... © Jim West

06-11-2019 Sidney, Montana, USA Coal fired power station operated by Montana-Dakota Utilities Co., a subsidiary of MDU Resources Group © Jim West

06-11-2019 Sidney, Montana, USA Coal fired power station operated by Montana-Dakota Utilities Co., a subsidiary of MDU Resources Group © Jim West

06-11-2019 Sidney, Montana, USA Coal fired power station operated by Montana-Dakota Utilities Co., a subsidiary of MDU Resources Group, on the banks of the Yellowstone River. © Jim West

06-11-2019 Sidney, Montana, USA Coal fired power station operated by Montana-Dakota Utilities Co., a subsidiary of MDU Resources Group, on the banks of the Yellowstone River. © Jim West

05-11-2019 North Dakota, USA Coal Creek Station, the largest power station in North Dakota, Great River Energy. Fueled by lignite the plant exports its electricity to Minnesota © Jim West

05-11-2019 North Dakota, USA Basin Leland Olds Station, Electric Power Cooperative. An lignite fueled electricity generating power station © Jim West

01-02-2019 Marine City, Michigan, USA: DTE Energy coal and oil fired power stations line the US side (L) of the ice filled St. Clair River © Jim West

01-02-2019 Marine City, Michigan, USA: DTE Energy coal and oil fired St. Clair power station on the U.S. side of the ice filled St. Clair River. Canvasback ducks swim in open water near shore © Jim West

01-02-2019 Marine City, Michigan, USA: DTE Energy coal and oil fired St. Clair power station on the U.S. side of the ice filled St. Clair River. Canvasback ducks swim in open water near shore © Jim West

01-02-2019 Marine City, Michigan, USA: Coal and oil fired power stations and chemical plants line the ice filled St. Clair River © Jim West

01-02-2019 Marine City, Michigan, USA: DTE Energy Belle River coal fired and natural gas fired power station © Jim West

01-02-2019 Marine City, Michigan, USA: DTE Energy Belle River coal fired and natural gas fired power station © Jim West

01-02-2019 Marine City, Michigan, USA: DTE Energy Belle River coal fired and natural gas fired power station © Jim West

23-12-2018 Nebraska Sandhills, USA, BNSF coal train. Each day as many as 100 coal trains, each about a mile long, carry coal from Powder River Basin, Wyoming to power stations across the country © Jim West

23-12-2018 Nebraska Sandhills, USA, BNSF coal train. Each day as many as 100 coal trains, each about a mile long, carry coal from Powder River Basin, Wyoming to power stations across the country © Jim West

23-12-2018 Nebraska Sandhills, USA, BNSF coal train. Each day as many as 100 coal trains, each about a mile long, carry coal from Powder River Basin, Wyoming to power stations across the country © Jim West

23-12-2018 Nebraska Sandhills, USA, BNSF coal train. Each day as many as 100 coal trains, each about a mile long, carry coal from Powder River Basin, Wyoming to power stations across the country © Jim West

23-12-2018 Nebraska Sandhills, USA, BNSF coal train. Each day as many as 100 coal trains, each about a mile long, carry coal from Powder River Basin, Wyoming to power stations across the country © Jim West

14-09-2017 Davant, Louisiana, USA, United Bulk Terminals dry bulk export terminal. It stores coal and petcoke for export and loading onto ships on the Mississippi River © Jim West

14-09-2017 Davant, Louisiana, USA, United Bulk Terminals dry bulk export terminal. It stores coal and petcoke for export and loading onto ships on the Mississippi River © Jim West

14-09-2017 Davant, Louisiana, USA, United Bulk Terminals dry bulk export terminal. It stores coal and petcoke for export and loading onto ships on the Mississippi River © Jim West

14-09-2017 Davant, Louisiana, USA, United Bulk Terminals dry bulk export terminal. It stores coal and petcoke for export and loading onto ships on the Mississippi River © Jim West

14-09-2017 Davant, Louisiana, USA, United Bulk Terminals dry bulk export terminal. It stores coal and petcoke for export and loading onto ships on the Mississippi River © Jim West

14-09-2017 Louisville, Kentucky, USA: Tug Diane B Siegel pushing coal barges up the Ohio River © Jim West

05-09-2017 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Canada - A pile of coal at the Algoma steel mill on the shore of the St. Marys River. © Jim West

05-09-2017 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Canada - A worker walks past a pile of coal at the Algoma steel mill on the shore of the St. Marys River. © Jim West

05-06-2017 Shelocta, Pennsylvania, USA Coal fired Keystone Power Station. It can generate 1,711 MW of electricity © Jim West

05-06-2017 Shelocta, Pennsylvania, USA Coal fired Keystone Power Station. It can generate 1,711 MW of electricity © Jim West

03-06-2017 Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal fired Power Station, Nottinghamshire © John Harris

03-06-2017 Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal fired Power Station, Nottinghamshire © John Harris

03-06-2017 Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal fired Power Station, Nottinghamshire © John Harris

03-06-2017 Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal fired Power Station, Nottinghamshire © John Harris

03-06-2017 Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal fired Power Station, Nottinghamshire © John Harris

01-01-2017 Denver, Colorado, USA: Cherokee Generating Station, Xcel Energy. Originally a coal fired power station, it is being converted to use natural gas © Jim West

01-01-2017 Denver, Colorado, USA: Cherokee Generating Station, Xcel Energy. Originally a coal fired power station, it is being converted to use natural gas © Jim West

27-12-2016 Somerset, Colorado, USA Coal loading facility at West Elk Mine, Arch Coal. One of the last mines in the area © Jim West

13-11-2016 Pithead and winding wheels of derelict Clipstone Colliery, Nottinghamshire, now a Grade two listed building © John Harris

13-11-2016 Pithead and winding wheels of derelict Clipstone Colliery, Nottinghamshire, now a Grade two listed building © John Harris

13-11-2016 Pithead and winding wheels of derelict Clipstone Colliery, Nottinghamshire, now a Grade two listed building © John Harris

22-09-2016 Memorial to the dead miners of the Morfa Colliery disaster, sited near the old pit shaft. 87 men died in an explosion on the 10th March 1890. The memorial consists of a mandrel, a shovel and an axe, T... © Jess Hurd

19-09-2016 Leadville, Colorado A canary in a coal mine, The National Mining Hall of Fame Museum. If the canary died miners knew that poisonous gas was present © Jim West

19-09-2016 Leadville, Colorado - The National Mining Hall of Fame Museum, display showing miners eating lunch down a coal mine © Jim West

19-09-2016 Leadville, Colorado, The National Mining Hall of Fame Museum, display showing a worker with a hand operated drill down a coal mine © Jim West

19-09-2016 Oak Creek, Colorado, Coal loading facility, Peabody Energy Twentymile Mine © Jim West

19-09-2016 Oak Creek, Colorado, Coal loading facility, Peabody Energy Twentymile Mine © Jim West

19-09-2016 Oak Creek, Colorado, Weighing an empty coal lorry before loading with coal, Peabody Energy Twentymile Mine © Jim West

08-07-2016 Remains of the last coking plant as it is being demolished, Monckton Coke Works. Royston, Barnsley, South Yorkshire © Connor Matheson

08-07-2016 Remains of the last coking plant as it is being demolished, Monckton Coke Works. Royston, Barnsley, South Yorkshire © Connor Matheson

25-05-2016 Marysville, Michigan, USA, removing debris after the demolition of DTE Energy coal fired power station © Jim West

25-05-2016 Marysville, Michigan, USA, removing debris after the demolition of DTE Energy coal fired power station © Jim West

09-01-2016 Michigan, Consumers Energy B.C. Cobb coal-fired power plant. Site maintenance manager Tim Burch inspecting one of the operating boilers © Jim West

09-01-2016 Michigan, Consumers Energy B.C. Cobb coal fired power station. Maintenance workers repairing a machine that crushes coal prior to burning © Jim West

09-01-2016 Michigan, Consumers Energy B.C. Cobb coal fired power station. Maintenance workers repairing a machine that crushes coal before it is burned © Jim West

09-01-2016 Michigan, Consumers Energy B.C. Cobb coal fired power station. Maintenance workers repairing a machine that crushes coal before it is burned © Jim West

09-01-2016 Michigan, Consumers Energy B.C. Cobb coal fired power station. Bulldozers push coal onto a conveyor © Jim West

09-01-2016 Michigan, Consumers Energy B.C. Cobb coal fired power station. Bulldozers push coal onto a conveyor © Jim West

19-12-2015 Protest by miners and supporters the day after Kellingley colliery closed down, West Yorkshire. © Mark Pinder

19-12-2015 Protest by miners and supporters the day after Kellingley colliery closed down, West Yorkshire. © Mark Pinder

19-12-2015 Protest by miners and supporters the day after Kellingley colliery closed down, West Yorkshire. © Mark Pinder

19-12-2015 Closure of the last British deep coal mine, Kellingley Colliery.A march commemorating the colliery, from Knottingley Town hall to the miners welfare club in Knottingley, North Yorkshire, 19/12 2015 © Mark Pinder

19-12-2015 Protest by miners and supporters the day after Kellingley colliery closed down, West Yorkshire. © Mark Pinder

19-12-2015 Protest by miners and supporters the day after Kellingley colliery closed down, West Yorkshire. © Mark Pinder

19-12-2015 Save fuel burn a scab. Protest by miners and supporters the day after Kellingley colliery closed down, West Yorkshire. © Connor Matheson

19-12-2015 Protest by miners and supporters the day after Kellingley colliery closed down, West Yorkshire. © Connor Matheson

19-12-2015 Protest by miners and supporters the day after Kellingley colliery closed down, West Yorkshire. © Connor Matheson

19-12-2015 Protest by miners and supporters the day after Kellingley colliery closed down, West Yorkshire. © Connor Matheson

19-12-2015 Protest by miners and supporters the day after Kellingley colliery closed down, West Yorkshire. © Connor Matheson

19-12-2015 Protest by miners and supporters the day after Kellingley colliery closed down, West Yorkshire. © Connor Matheson

19-12-2015 Protest by miners and supporters the day after Kellingley colliery closed down, West Yorkshire. © Connor Matheson

19-12-2015 Protest by miners and supporters the day after Kellingley colliery closed down, West Yorkshire. © Connor Matheson

19-12-2015 Protest by miners and supporters the day after Kellingley colliery closed down, West Yorkshire. © Connor Matheson

19-12-2015 Protest by miners and supporters the day after Kellingley colliery closed down, West Yorkshire. © Connor Matheson

19-12-2015 Protest by miners and supporters the day after Kellingley colliery closed down, West Yorkshire. © Connor Matheson

19-12-2015 Save fuel burn a scab. Protest by miners and supporters the day after Kellingley colliery closed down, West Yorkshire. © Connor Matheson

19-12-2015 Gathering outside Knottingly Town Hall, Protest by miners and supporters the day after Kellingley colliery closed down, West Yorkshire. © Connor Matheson

19-12-2015 Miners and families enjoying a drink and socialising. Protest by miners and supporters the day after Kellingley colliery closed down, West Yorkshire. © Connor Matheson

19-12-2015 Miners and families enjoying a drink and socialising. Protest by miners and supporters the day after Kellingley colliery closed down, West Yorkshire. © Connor Matheson

19-12-2015 Miners and families enjoying a drink and socialising. Protest by miners and supporters the day after Kellingley colliery closed down, West Yorkshire. © Connor Matheson

19-12-2015 Protest by miners and supporters the day after Kellingley colliery closed down, West Yorkshire. © Connor Matheson

19-12-2015 Gathering outside Knottingly Town Hall, Protest by miners and supporters the day after Kellingley colliery closed down, West Yorkshire. © Connor Matheson

19-12-2015 Miners and families enjoying a drink and socialising. Protest by miners and supporters the day after Kellingley colliery closed down, West Yorkshire. © Connor Matheson

19-12-2015 Protest by miners and supporters the day after Kellingley colliery closed down, West Yorkshire. © Connor Matheson

19-12-2015 Protest by miners and supporters the day after Kellingley colliery closed down, West Yorkshire. © Connor Matheson

18-12-2015 Chris Kitchen, Gen Sec NUM. © Mark Pinder

18-12-2015 Closure of the last British deep coal mine, Kellingley Colliery.Last ever shift ending, Yorkshire © Mark Pinder

18-12-2015 Closure of the last British deep coal mine, Kellingley Colliery. Day of the last ever shift coming off at Kellingley Colliery, the last deep coal mine in UKChris Kitchen, the Gen Sec of NUM © Mark Pinder

18-12-2015 Closure of the last British deep coal mine, Kellingley Colliery.Last ever shift ending, Yorkshire © Mark Pinder

18-12-2015 Closure of the last British deep coal mine, Kellingley Colliery.Last ever shift ending, Yorkshire © Mark Pinder

18-12-2015 Last coal at the surface.. Closure of the last British deep coal mine, Kellingley Colliery Yorkshire © Mark Pinder

18-12-2015 Last coal at the surface.. Closure of the last British deep coal mine, Kellingley Colliery Yorkshire © Mark Pinder

18-12-2015 Last coal at the surface.. Closure of the last British deep coal mine, Kellingley Colliery Yorkshire © Mark Pinder