This article was originally published by the Ohio Valley ReSource. 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 owed. Dozens of miners have staged a week-long protest on […]

This article was originally published by the Ohio Valley ReSource. Blackjewel coal miners will have to wait at least another day to learn if the sale of the bankrupt coal company’s mines and equipment will deliver their overdue paychecks. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of West Virginia […]

This article was originally published by the Ohio Valley ReSource. Miners left unpaid by the bankrupt Blackjewel coal company say they are prepared to keep up their protest on railroad tracks in Harlan County, Kentucky, where they are blocking delivery of a load of coal. As their protest grows and […]

Laid off coal miners in Harlan County, Kentucky, took to the train tracks this week to protest over money they’re owed from the bankrupt coal company Blackjewel, LLC. Despite the layoffs, miners were still owed wages from weeks of work earlier this summer, only to find their final paychecks bounce. […]

This article was originally published by the Ohio Valley ReSource. Declining coal tax revenues place coal-reliant counties in Appalachia at risk of fiscal collapse, according to new research from the centrist Brookings Institution and Columbia University. Policies designed to prevent further climate change would accelerate that decline, the report found, […]