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Coal Creek history: How Welsh coal miners ended convict leasing and slavery in Tennessee
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThis is a three-part series by Carolyn Krause drawing on Barry Thacker’s “Bringing the Coal Creek...
Judge revives Obama-era ban on coal sales from US lands
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA federal judge on Friday reinstated a moratorium on coal leasing from federal lands that was...
The Democrats' new deal could help save planet Earth – and struggling West Virginia
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDonald Trump won West Virginia by nearly 42 points in 2016 after promising to stop President Barack...
'War on coal' rhetoric heats up as Biden seeks to curb pollution with election looming
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoActions by President Joe Biden's administration that could hasten closures of heavily polluting coal...
The political universe of Pennsylvania: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Barack Obama pay visits
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLATROBE, Pa. – Pennsylvania once again became the center of the political universe Saturday, hosting...
US proposes ending new federal leases in nation's biggest coal region
Associated Press Finance via Yahoo Finance· 1 month agoThe Biden administration on Thursday proposed an end to new coal leasing from federal reserves in...
Court lifts US coal sales moratorium in a setback for Dems and environmentalists
Associated Press Finance via Yahoo Finance· 4 months agoA U.S. appeals court on Wednesday struck down a moratorium on coal leasing from federal lands in a...
Sen. Manchin is the last in a line of formidable West Virginia Democrats who promoted coal interests
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoJoe Manchin’s impending departure from the U.S. Senate marks the end of an era for West Virginia's...
Republican lawmakers are making it harder for power companies to pivot away from coal. Their...
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCoal plants that have powered America for generations are increasingly on the chopping block, as...
Loretta Lynn, Country Music’s Groundbreaking ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter,’ Dead at 90
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLoretta Lynn, the beloved singer and songwriter whose seven-decade career broke down barriers for...