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September 21, 2017
Jonathan Thompson
Trump Is Big Coal’s Last Gasp
With the industry in its death throes, the administration is seizing on an old, toxic myth.
August 21, 2017
Suzanne Monyak
Donald Trump fails Appalachia yet again.
August 10, 2017
Sarah Jones
Jim Justice asks for a little help from big government.
June 21, 2017
Emily Atkin
A major asthma drugmaker has been quietly investing in coal on the side.
June 5, 2017
Emily Atkin
Eliminating coal could save more lives per year than the entire coal industry employs.
June 1, 2017
Magazine
Sarah Jones
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Espen Rasmussen
The War On Hillbillies
Stripped of the region’s coal and ravaged by drugs, the people of Appalachia are fighting to survive.
May 19, 2017
Emily Atkin
Scott Pruitt Is the Hypocritical Liar That Trump Deserves
The EPA administrator made a career of trying to break the agency. Now he claims that Obama's EPA didn't accomplish enough.
April 20, 2017
Emily Atkin
The government might shut down because Congress is fighting over health care for retired coal miners (again).
April 17, 2017
Laura Reston
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Sarah Jones
Appalachia Needs Big Government
How Donald Trump betrayed the region—and how Democrats can win it back.
April 13, 2017
Emily Atkin
Scott Pruitt Chose the Wrong Coal Mine for His Big Speech About Reviving Coal
The EPA head is visiting a Pennsylvania mine owned by a company that wants to get out of the coal business altogether.
March 28, 2017
Sarah Jones
Appalachia is trying to diversify its economy. Trump isn’t helping.
March 28, 2017
Emily Atkin
The Paris Agreement Is Burning
Trump's executive order will all but ensure America fails to meet its goals under the international agreement to fight climate change.
March 18, 2017
Kevin Baker
The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless White Mind
Bernie Sanders's town hall in “Trump Country” revealed a longing for a past that never was.
March 2, 2017
Sarah Jones
Congress keeps screwing over retired coal miners.
March 2, 2017
Dwyer Gunn
How to Save Coal Country
Forget Donald Trump's promises to bring back mining jobs. There's a new economic strategy at work in Appalachia.
February 27, 2017
Emily Atkin
The Trump administration says it will improve air and water quality by cutting billions from the EPA.
To improve clean air and water, Trump is cutting "tens of billions" from the EPA.
February 16, 2017
Emily Atkin
Trump caps off a long day by letting coal companies dump waste into streams.
January 5, 2017
Demi Lee
China never should have invented climate change—it’s costing them a fortune!
December 13, 2016
Sarah Jones
Liberals should try not having so much contempt for the poor.
December 12, 2016
Demi Lee
Here’s further proof that Donald Trump can’t stop the decline of fossil fuels.
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