Coal from the Powder River basin in Montana/Wyoming on its way to Asia would travel through the cities and countryside of Idaho, Oregon and Washington by train . At the ports the trains are unloaded onto mega-ships. There are many environmental issues involved with train transport of coal and oil. One revolves around traffic and who pays for the signals and upgrades at the grade crossings. Not the railroads. There is an enormous cost to the health of citizens from the dust causing pollution and fire hazard of transporting coal and oil. .

This installation was first made for Blackfish Gallery's Window in 2012 (images on the right). For the 2014 University of Porltand exhibition (to the left) Meltzer modified the painted component with collaged text and changed the title to reflect the withdrawal of 3 coal port proposals which eliminated some train routes depicted. The text collaged along the eliminated routes are the reasons for the withdrawal of the applications . See the original 2012 window to the right. As of spring 2016 two of the projects are still in contention.

Installing the artwork at Blackfish Gallery. Not only was the configuration of the piece changed from its Blackfish installation to the University of Portland set up but the title changed as well. The most important role for the first showing was to put coal on people's minds, therefore, the use of the words "Know" and "NO". In the second installation the important point was the state of the progress .

The subject of coal dust and particulate matter is also addressed in the installation 3 Down, 3 To Go. In this piece fishingline was used for both its transparency and for its connection to water. Air pollution and water pollution are twins, each affects the other.