Barbed wire surrounds the ConocoPhillips refinery near Ferndale, which uses a type of chemical regulated under both the Deparrtment of Homeland Security and the EPA.
For all the changes in coal usage nationally and for all Washington state's access to other energy sources, the Evergreen state still has a big coal plant.
Protesters crowd Wisconsin's state Capitol during a demonstration against Gov. Scott Walker's proposals to take away public employees' bargaining rights.