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  • Published on Jan 20, 2026

    Coal communities could lose crucial funding for cleaning acid mine drainage

    SALEM, Ohio — When Amanda Pitzer first heard that West Virginia would receive abandoned mine land funding through the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, she was stoked. “Not only can we take care of the priority ones and twos, but we …

    Source: Farm and Dairy - Neutral
  • Published on Jan 19, 2026

    Movies About Coal Miners: What Hollywood Gets Right (And Totally Wrong)

    Hollywood loves a good mining disaster. The dramatic lighting, the claustrophobic tunnels, the heroic rescue: it makes for compelling cinema. But here's the thing: most movies about coal miners get the actual mining part spectacularly wrong while …

    Source: Skillings Mining Review - Florida - Pending
  • Published on Jan 18, 2026

    The 10 Best Movies About Coal Miners: A Journey Through Cinematic Mining History

    Look, Hollywood doesn't always get mining right. Half the time they've got guys swinging pickaxes in pristine shirts without a speck of dust on them. But every once in a while, a film comes along that actually captures what this industry means, the …

    Source: Skillings Mining Review - Florida - Pending
  • Published on Jan 18, 2026

    Trump's revived coal council includes Kentucky executives

    The National Coal Council met at the White House late last week for the first time since the Trump administration revived it. Trump’s energy and interior secretaries greeted the roomful of coal industry and utility executives in Washington. “No coal, no …

    Source: WEKU - Kentucky - Public Broadcaster
  • Published on Jan 18, 2026

    Communities Say Congress Broke Its Promise to Clean Up Abandoned Coal Mine Lands

    Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today!  This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up …

    Source: Truthout - Left-wing
  • Published on Jan 17, 2026

    Mining the Silver Screen: The 5 Coal Mining Films That Actually Nailed the Culture

    Look, most Hollywood movies about coal mining are complete garbage. They either romanticize the hell out of it or turn miners into cartoon characters. But every once in a while, someone gets it right. These five films actually understand what it means to …

    Source: Skillings Mining Review - Florida - Pending
  • Published on Jan 15, 2026

    Stauber gambit seeks to permanently undo mining ban

    Marshall Helmberger REGIONAL— Through an unprecedented legislative maneuver, members of the Trump administration and some GOP members of Congress are hoping to not only rescind the Biden administration’s 20-year mining ban on about 225,000 acres of the …

    Source: The Timberjay - Minnesota - Pending
  • Published on Jan 14, 2026

    Coal Communities Protest House Cutting Abandoned Mine Lands Clean Up Funds

    "The House passed a bill last week that would “repurpose” $500 million meant for cleaning up environmental and safety hazards caused by decades of coal mining." "When the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act was signed into law in 2021, …

    Source: The Environmental Magazine - Center-left
  • Published on Jan 16, 2026

    Bill Gates and BMW Back Major Canadian Lithium Refining Expansion

    By Penny Laneford | January 16, 2026 DELTA, British Columbia : Mangrove Lithium has locked in $85 million in strategic financing to build and scale North America's first electrochemical lithium refining facility, with heavyweight backing from Bill …

    Source: Skillings Mining Review - Florida - Pending
  • Published on Jan 20, 2026

    Letters: States without minimum wage laws have low unemployment

    Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. States cited in letter have low unemployment Re: “GOP Chairman’s anger for workers misdirected” (Page A6, Jan. 14). A letter writer takes issue with the GOP Chairman of Santa …

    Source: East Bay Times - California - Neutral
  • Published on Jan 19, 2026

    Unionized Veterans Are Joining Labor’s Fight Against Trump

    Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a donation. The U.S. is home to 17 million military veterans. About 1.3 million of them currently work in union …

    Source: Truthout - Left-wing
  • Published on Jan 18, 2026

    ​​Military Vets in Labor Are Joining the Fight Against Trump

    The United States is home to seventeen million military veterans. About 1.3 million of them currently work in union jobs, with women and people of color making up the fastest-growing cohorts. Veterans are more likely to join a union than nonveterans, …

    Source: Jacobin - Left-wing
  • Published on Jan 18, 2026

    Wildcat Ridge Data Center in Archbald to use huge amounts of power, water

    A proposed data center campus will rise above Business Route 6 in Archbald while pumping in up to 3.3 million gallons of water per day and using more electricity than the region’s largest natural gas power plant can produce. The Wildcat Ridge Data Center …

    Source: The Times-Tribune - Pennsylvania - Pending
  • Published on Jan 17, 2026

    Club news: January 17, 2026

    EDITOR’S NOTE: The Union publishes Club News each Saturday. To share the latest from your western Nevada County club or organization, email readers@theunion.com. Unfortunately only a small fraction of club submissions are published in the print version of …

    Source: The Union - California - Pending
  • Published on Jan 16, 2026

    Trump, Venezuela & US Imperialism On The Offensive

    2026 has begun with US imperialism on the offensive.  The reactionary juggernaut of Donald Trump dominated 2025, shaking world relations to the core. But the naked, shameless imperialist aggression against Venezuela with which he kicked off 2026 has taken …

    Source: Socialist Alternative - Pending
  • Published on Jan 16, 2026

    Keynote Address: Al Smith Awards Dinner

    NOTE: This is an adaptation of a speech Daily Yonder Publisher Dee Davis delivered at the 2025 Al Smith Awards Dinner, hosted by the University of Kentucky Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues in Lexington, Kentucky, November 13, 2025. …

    Source: Daily Yonder - Kentucky - Left-wing
  • Published on Jan 16, 2026

    The roots of American protest music

    KEVIN McCORRY, HOST: I’m Kevin McCorry and this is ‘Jukebox Journey.’ This week: a nod to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, with a look at the building blocks of American protest music. Think “protest music” and it’s easy to conjure a certain type of …

    Source: WHYY FM - Pennsylvania - Public Broadcaster
  • Published on Jan 16, 2026

    Coal Labor History Sets Stage for Community

    The town of Pound, Virginia, sits just off Route 23 in rural Wise County, a few miles before the highway starts its climb up the mountain that forms a natural border with Letcher County, Kentucky. The community has a rich history, especially as it relates …

    Source: Appalachian Voice - Center-left
  • Published on Jan 15, 2026

    15 Best Western Shows Not Set In The Yellowstone Universe

    For nearly a decade, Taylor Sheridan has all but revived the Western genre, restoring it to its former popularity through a steady output of content that shows no signs of slowing. Television series like "Yellowstone," "Landman," and …

    Source: TVLine - Pending

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