The coal companies are using their traditional power in West Virginia to roll back state health and safety regulations at the same time the federal government is citing them for.
On March 25, 1947, the Centralia Coal Company's No. 5 mine in Centralia, Illinois exploded, killing 111 workers. This disaster, caused by extremely unsafe working conditions from employers utterly indifferent.
I know I am shocked to discover that arguably the nation's leading climate change denying scientist is bought and paid for by fossil fuel corporations, including the coal industry and.
Thanks to an unfortunate combination of factors, Maryland has elected a Republican governor. They are already getting what they asked for. Larry Hogan has already withdrawn from regulations of phosphorous.
Don Blankenship, CEO of Massey Energy and one of the most detestable and immoral people living in the United States, was finally indicted for a few of his many crimes.
The coal industry has never cared about keeping workers alive. It still doesn't. And even when the companies are fined for their horrible workplace safety, some just refuse to pay,.
Thirty years ago, environmentalism was a strong enough political force that Mitch McConnell had to pretend to care about coal's impact upon the planet. Times have really changed.
Last week, I gave a talk at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, titled "Resistance in the Pennsylvania Coal Country: Past and Present," although in reality, I talked more broadly about Appalachia.
