3 massive coal stacks that long towered over Lake Powell demolished as crowds watched
Ryan Randazzo, Arizona Republic
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Corrections & Clarifications: The article was updated to correct the name of Howard Dennis.
Three massive emissions stacks at the Navajo Generating Station coal-fired power plant near Page came down Friday with thundering detonations that erased them from the skyline they dominated for decades.
The demolition of the largest coal burner in the West is a milestone for environmentalists who fought, and continue to fight, to shift the country to renewable energy. But it was a somber moment for the hundreds of people who worked at the plant, some following multiple generations of family members before them, who benefited from the good-paying jobs.