Climate Ground Zero

03/07/2025

"Why this matters:

NOAA's work underpins vital public services, including accurate weather forecasts and disaster response. Dismantling its capabilities appears to be part of a broader trend by the Trump administration to undermine climate science and environmental research. This crackdown extends to federal agencies, universities, and international programs, raising concerns about the future of critical research fields and the potential long-term impacts on public health and safety."

The European Union’s ambassador to China has called on Beijing to stop approving new coal-fired power plants, warning that the country’s rapid expansion of coal projects contradicts its renewable energy leadership.Amy Hawkins reports for The Guardian.In short:China approved 66.7 gigawatts of new...

03/02/2025

Newly inaugurated to the US Senate, Jim Justice is dragging his heels on legally required reclamation of his minesites.

"Under federal mining regulations and state oversight, mining companies must restore land already dug up for coal while they’re still operating in order to prevent any further harm."

A coal company owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has been found in contempt by a federal judge for not following an order to pay an insurance company to maintain collateral for financial obligations.

02/20/2025

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07/14/2022

New article in Grist details the history of the destruction of mountains for Coal extraction and local.efforts to end mountain top removal.

The activism spotlight has left the Coal River Valley. But when the battlefield is your home, you don’t give up the fight.

05/04/2022

Coal truck tipped over in Rock Creek, WV across from the Family Dollar, spilling the load. Driver was transferred to the hospital with minor injuries according to emergency workers on site.

Coal is best left in the ground.

04/25/2022

A Cast of Veteran Actors & Grammy Award Winner Steve Earle Come to Beckley Monday, May 9th to Tell the Story of the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster

12/21/2020

Canada! We thought you were smarter than US!

Debate has swirled as Alberta opens up a large swath of the Rocky Mountains' eastern slopes to new coal mining.

11/17/2020

A federal court has denied state environmental regulators’ motion to dismiss a lawsuit that raises questions about the financial health of West Virginia’s surface coal mining reclamation program.

06/17/2020

To “do this hand-washing thing that’s recommended by the health people,” Navajo Nation member Percy Deal drives his pickup truck once a week about 17 miles to wait in line for as long as an hour at a communal well.

02/18/2020

From CENTER for BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

Endangered Guyandotte River crayfish and threatened Big Sandy crayfish live in the coalfields of Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky. They've been lost from most of their historical ranges due to water pollution, primarily from mountaintop removal and other forms of coal mining — but there's new hope for these crustaceans.

After decades of delay, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed robust protections for 446 stream miles of critical habitat for both species.

(The US Fish and Wildlife) Service is now taking comments from the public on the proposed protections. This is an unprecedented opportunity for us to push back against King Coal and the wave of extinction it's fueling.

The coal industry will fight these protections tooth and nail.

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