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America's biggest greenhouse-gas polluter, and the place that relies on it

Alabama Power's coal-fired Miller plant near Birmingham is a source of jobs — and massive amounts of planet-warming gases

By Elizabeth Hernandez email Eric Chaney 5:00 am, June 5, 2017 Updated: 5:02 am, June 5, 2017

Editor's note: This story was produced in collaboration with weather.com.

QUINTON, Alabama — Up close, the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases in the United States isn’t as big as you’d expect it to be. From most angles, you can’t even see it until you’re right on top of it.

But hit the right gap in the rolling hills of north-central Alabama, and the James H. Miller Jr. Electric Generating Plant looms large even from miles away. Nestled on about 800 acres on the Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River, the plant is one of Alabama Power’s coal-burning workhorses, putting out enough electricity to power about a million homes. It virtually never stops running – and never stops producing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.

As the view shifts, so does public opinion.

From certain angles, the plant is a pollution-belching monster harming both the environment and the health of communities. Change your perspective a bit, and Miller is a source of good-paying jobs, a means to raise a family in an area where economic opportunities are thin.

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