This article was originally published by Ohio Valley ReSource Lynn Estel Stanley was the kind of coal mine foreman who wanted to know if there was a safety problem, and would always be the one to go fix it himself. He was also the kind of miner who refused to […]
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Scientists, Mine Safety Officials Discuss Black Lung Protections
This article was originally published by Ohio Valley ReSource Officials with the Mine Safety and Health Administration met for the first time with miners’ health researchers Wednesday in a new partnership designed to discuss ways to better protect coal miners from the dust that causes black lung disease. In future […]
Read MoreBankrupt Blackjewel Coal Still Racking Up Environmental Violations, Officials Warn
This article was originally published by the Ohio Valley ReSource. An attorney for the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet told a federal judge Wednesday that the bankrupt coal company Blackjewel has accrued nearly 300 environmental violations since it entered bankruptcy in July. “It’s essential that these violations are addressed, abated, and […]
Read MoreGrocers In Rural Coal Country Struggle To Stay In Business
This article was originally published by Ohio Valley ReSource. There’s a picture frame on the wall next to the customer service desk in the IGA in Inez, Kentucky. Inside the frame is a scrap of beige meat-counter paper, on which a man named Derle Ousley sketched the layout for an […]
Read MoreMore Unpaid Appalachian Miners Stage A Coal Train Blockade
This article was originally published by Ohio Valley ReSource. For the second time since summer, eastern Kentucky coal miners are blockading a railroad track to protest unpaid wages. The new blockade, which was started Monday afternoon by Quest Energy miners, echoes the months-long blockade by Blackjewel coal miners over the summer […]
Read MoreWatchdog Group Calls Decreased Tax on Coal a ‘Blatant Subsidy’ for the Coal Industry
This article was originally published by Ohio Valley ReSource. A new report from the nonpartisan budget watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense says that an expired coal tax is effectively a taxpayer subsidy for the coal industry. The analysis reflects a growing concern about the fiscal health of a federal […]
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