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Coal miners from West Virginia – whom locals have lovingly dubbed the “West Virginia Boys” – moved a mountain in just three days to reopen a 2.7-mile stretch of Highway 64 between Bat Cave ...
The Battle of Blair Mountain was the largest labor uprising in United States history and is the largest armed uprising since the American Civil War. [5] [6] The conflict occurred in Logan County, West Virginia, as part of the Coal Wars, a series of early-20th-century labor disputes in Appalachia.
In 2009 Gunnoe received the Goldman Environmental Prize, which is the second time an environmentalist has been awarded a Goldman Prize for fighting coal mining operations in West Virginia. In 2003, Julia Bonds won a Goldman for opposing the controversial practice of mountaintop removal in Appalachia.
Usually, the campaign trail praise for coal turns into support […] We’ve all heard this many times before, but it usually doesn’t turn into any meaningful change for our communities.
West Virginia produced 489,000 tons of coal in 1869, 4,882,000 tons of coal in 1889, and 89,384,000 tons of coal in 1917. [3] The quick expansion of mining in West Virginia prompted many mining companies to construct company towns , in which mining companies own many, if not all housing, amenities, and public services.
An entire county school system in coal-producing West Virginia is going solar, representing what a developer and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin's office touted on Wednesday as the biggest-ever single ...
Coal is an American reality television series that aired on Spike. The series debuted on March 30, 2011. [1] The series portrayed the real life events on a coal mine in Westchester, West Virginia, and the inherent dangers involved. [2] The series was later premiered in the UK on November 8, 2011, via the Discovery Channel UK.
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