coal miners
Miners’ union president Cecil Roberts talks climate change, pensions, and more in D.C.
September 5, 2019Some politicians wish miners would just disappear.
Read moreOcasio-Cortez to talk Green New Deal with Kentucky coal miners
March 29, 2019Ocasio-Cortez said the struggles of people in towns which have in the past relied on coal mines as major economic drivers are "very close to [her] heart. Folks may not think of that because I'm from...
Read moreMiners: Tax cut for coal firms threatens black lung benefits
June 8, 2018"The impacts of black lung disease are debilitating and, in the most serious cases, fatal."
Read moreVan Jones at People’s Summit: Progressives must engage Trump voters
June 10, 2017“I may not like how you voted but you are my brother and I don’t want you to die. By sticking together all of us will win.”
Read moreToday in eco-history: Dirty coal killed 45 Virginians
April 24, 2017In the early morning hours of April 24, 1938, 25 more bodies were carried out of the Red Jacket Mine in Keen Mountain, Virginia, then down the mountain and into an identification center that was set...
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