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First These Kentuckians Couldn’t Drink The Water. Now They Can’t Afford It
In a struggling coal region of Kentucky, moves to fix a notoriously dirty water supply have created a new crisis: Many are now unable to afford their water bills.
Ohio-Based Coal Giant Murray Energy Declares Bankruptcy
Murray Energy Corp., the largest underground coal mining company in America with a substantial footprint across the Ohio Valley, has filed for bankruptcy protection. “Although a bankruptcy filing is not… Read More
Disastrous Disconnect: Coal, Climate And Catastrophe In Kentucky
This story is part of a series about the insufficient protections for vulnerable people as natural disasters worsen in a warming climate. The Center for Public Integrity and four partners… Read More
Blackjewel Miners Get More of Their Pay as Labor Dept. Acts Against Bankrupt Company
Coal miners who went without pay when mining company Blackjewel declared bankruptcy this June are one step closer to receiving lost wages. The checks come weeks after some of the… Read More
Advocacy Group Finds Traces Contamination In Many Regional Water Systems
Tap water delivered by more than 2,000 water systems across the Ohio Valley contain pollutants, many harmful to human health, even though they mostly meet federal drinking water standards. That’s… Read More
Murray Energy CEO Lashes Out at “Feckless” Federal Officials Over Coal Subsidy Plan
Coal executive Bob Murray clashed Monday with federal energy regulators at a Lexington, Kentucky, energy forum over what Murray called a failure by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to sufficiently… Read More
How Should Opioid Lawsuit Money Be Spent? Ohio Valley Has No Shortage Of Needs
At a town hall event in Logan, Ohio, Kelly Taulbee walks through the steps of an encounter with someone experiencing an opioid overdose. She’s training a group to use NARCAN, the… Read More
Federal Agency to Hear Comment on Silica Dust as Black Lung Epidemic Rages
The Mine Safety and Health Administration will host a public meeting Thursday as it considers action on regulating respirable silica, one of the major contributors to Appalachia’s skyrocketing rates of… Read More
New Kentucky Memorial Honors Miners Who Died Of Black Lung
Coal miners and family members of miners who have died from black lung disease gathered Sunday in Whitesburg, Kentucky, to dedicate a new memorial to miners who perished from the… Read More
Hemp Farmers Form Cooperatives Amid Growth And Uncertainty
Tony Silvernail swings a heavy machete at a stalk of bushy hemp and chops the plant near the root, grabbing the five-foot-tall shoot with his sun-weathered hand. It’s an unusually… Read More
Why Worker Training Programs Alone Won’t Save Coal Country
Bobby Bowman mined coal in West Virginia for 12 years before his employer shut down. “I don’t think that mine will ever open again,” he said. Bowman lives in Welch,… Read More
Report: Water Unaffordable for Nearly Half of Martin Co., Kentucky
A new report finds nearly half the residents of Martin County, Kentucky, cannot afford water service. Local activists with the Martin County Concerned Citizens are ringing alarm bells about water… Read More
Ohio To Test For Toxic PFAS Chemicals In Drinking Water
Ohio will begin testing some public and private water systems for the presence of toxic nonstick, fluorinated chemicals, broadly called PFAS. In a press release issued Friday, Ohio Gov. Mike… Read More
The Coal Town Betting Big On Outdoor Recreation
Standing on the breezy outlook at Flag Rock Recreation Area, Norton City Manager Fred Ramey is taking in the panoramic view of downtown Norton, Virginia. The brick building-lined streets are… Read More
Former Blackjewel Miners End Railroad Blockade In Kentucky
The nearly two-month blockade of a Kentucky railroad track is coming to an end as unpaid coal miners end their protest in order to take new jobs, start classes, or move away… Read More
Settlement Reached Over Proposed Ohio Cracker Plant Air Permit
Environmental groups have reached a settlement agreement with a petrochemical company in Ohio to beef up air pollution controls at a proposed petrochemical plant along the Ohio River. Thailand-based PTT Global Chemical… Read More
Born Exposed: Schools Seek To Help Children Exposed To Drugs In The Womb
Students line up single file behind teachers at West Elementary in Athens, Ohio, for. the walk downhill from the brick building to board buses or meet up with the person… Read More
Paychecks Cut For Some Blackjewel Miners; Others Still Wait
West Virginia employees of coal operator Blackjewel LLC have received their final paychecks more than two months after the company declared bankruptcy on July 1. In an agreement reached last… Read More
SOAR At Six: Group’s Lofty Goals For Coal Country Meet Challenges
In a conference hall in Pikeville, Kentucky, this September, Gov. Matt Bevin led an eager audience in a countdown. When the audience reached “One!,” a map on the screen behind… Read More
Idle Lands: Justice Coal Group Top User Of Loophole Allowing Mine Lands To Sit Idle
Standing at an overlook on the top of Black Mountain — the tallest point in Kentucky — the wooded Appalachian mountains stretch on like a sea of green for miles…. Read More
On Labor Day, Miners Mark Historic Union March
Ninety-eight years ago, thousands of pro-union miners marched toward West Virginia’s Logan County, to protest abuses by coal operators in what was then a largely anti-union territory. The marchers were… Read More
Farmer Fatigue: Farmers Grow Weary Of Trade War, But Most Stick With Trump
Tom Folz drives around on a sunny, August afternoon and surveys the thousands of acres of dark green, leafy soybean plants and tall stalks of corn he grows on his… Read More
Mines That Change Owners Have Worse Safety Record, Audit Finds
A new federal government report shows that mines that changed ownership had worse safety records than mines where ownership did not change. According to an audit from the Department of Labor’s Office of the Inspector… Read More
“Bloody Harlan” Revisited: Blackjewel Miners Draw On Labor History While Facing Uncertain Future
Curtis Cress sat in the gravel beside a railroad track in Harlan County, Kentucky. Tall and thin with a long, black beard, Cress is every bit a coal miner, or,… Read More
Protesting Blackjewel Miners To Get Some Overdue Pay From Bankruptcy Sale
More than a thousand coal miners left unpaid by the abrupt bankruptcy of Blackjewel mining could soon be getting some – but not all – of the money they are… Read More
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