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Wyoming's first new coal mine in 50 years is said to be opening soon but it won't rely on the fossil fuel to make money ...
Federal officials are considering reopening vast areas of public lands in Wyoming and Montana to new coal sales ...
The film discusses the critical health and safety issues in underground coal mining, emphasizing the high fatality rates and the need for improved safety measures. It highlights the importance of ...
The National Coal Mining Museum for England is proud to announce that it will be working in partnership with acclaimed artist ...
Fairmont State University has partnered with Brazilian movie producer Andreza Araújo to host the U.S. premiere of “A Day to Remember,” a documentary about the Farmington No. 9 mining disaster ...
It was dirty and dangerous, but coal mining also cultivated pride, companionship, and art. Could communities living with green energy embrace their own forms of industrial culture?
For the past 40 years documentary photographer Roger Tiley has been capturing miners and the communities they live in as their way of life slowly disappeared.
Rate of black lung disease among miners may be 10 times higher than reported Lung disease is a well-known deadly consequence of working in the coal industry. But a new NPR study finds miners are ...
In December 2022, planning permission was granted by the secretary of state for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities ("SoS") to extract coal from a ...
Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has signed on to executive produce “Unearth,” a new documentary that will make its world premiere at DOC NYC on Nov. 16. Directed, produced and shot by ...
The ability of artists to act as “canaries in the coal mine” is threatened by exile as much as imprisonment and censorship.
For 40 years Roger Tiley has been photographing mining communities - this photo was taken at a demonstration against pit closures in Cardiff in 1984 For the past 40 years documentary photographer ...