The irony could not be more staggering. The UCP and Premier Danielle Smith love to preach about freedom— freedom from Ottawa, freedom from public-health measures, freedom for parents. But when it comes to workers, students, and collective bargaining rights, suddenly freedom is negotiable. By using the notwithstanding clause to silence teachers and override their constitutional […]| Edmonton Journal
While the Trump administration and Montana’s elected officials continue pushing to expand the state’s coal industry, companies on the ground appear to have a waning appetite. The federal government recently rejected a bid on a new coal lease offered for 167 million tons of coal from Montana’s Powder River Basin and postponed a sale in […]| Daily Montanan
Fresh from hosting the third annual Coal Industry Event in Brisbane, Grant Wechsel, Chairman of Mining Pro, updates us on the recent progress of the industry and how the event continues to grow.| Mining Outlook
Coal-fired power plant at Ugljevik. Author’s photo. Editors’ note: This article is published in a six-part series. You can read the entire series here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 6. On my way to Majevica, I stopped for the night in Ugljevik, to the northeast of Lopare. The name Ugljevik is derived from “ugalj,” the local word for coal. The first thing that struck me was the smell of sulfur in the air. The post Grassroots Resistance to Environmental Destruction in Bosnia-...| Lefteast
This decision, after years of outcry from local residents and litigation, will protect communities, air, water, and the climate from the harms of mining and burning six billion tons of highly polluting coal.| WORC
Above: an “orange cloud,” toxic gasses sometimes created when blasting overburden in coal strip mines, drifts on the breeze, endangering communities downwind.| WORC
We need to consider the economic, social, and environmental impact that coal divestment will have on Appalachia and its residents.| Appalachian History
