"Is Coal’s Political Heft Plunging? One State May Be Canary in Mine"

"BELLINGHAM, Wash. — The American coal industry, with its billions of dollars and army of lobbyists, has a storied history of muscle and might. But in this northwest corner of Washington, people like Christopher Grannis, a 69-year-old building contractor and stalwart in local civic causes, are standing up to coal.

And coal is losing.

'There are financial rewards for a few, but risks are borne by many,' Mr. Grannis said, standing at a microphone at a recent Whatcom County Council meeting in support of a moratorium on new applications for fossil fuel transport through the county. Council members passed the moratorium later that evening."

Kirk Johnson and Coral Davenport New York Times November 2, 2016.