The Rural Blog

A digest of events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism from and about rural America, by the Institute for Rural Journalism, based at the University of Kentucky. Links may expire, require subscription or go behind pay walls. Please send news and knowledge you think would be useful to benjy.hamm@uky.edu.

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Honoring lost miners 10 years after Upper Big Branch blast

U.S. coal employment decline led by Appalachia

Navajo and Hopi tribes scramble to find new revenue after closure of coal-fired power plant, largest in Western U.S.

Blackjewel bankruptcy halts mine work in 4 states; unpaid Ky. miners block train; auction could reopen some mines

Justice sues Justice, so to speak: Feds seek $4.7 million in fines owed by coal companies owned by W.Va. governor

Ky. jury awards $67.5 million to miners whose defective dust masks (and smoking) caused black lung

Appeals court rejects theory that it doesn't matter where coal mined when it comes to carbon dioxide

Bill to aid Appalachian coal communities passes House committee over industry objection

Obama administration denies permit for copper-nickel mine near Minnesota wilderness area

Southwestern Indiana residents deal with overabundance of dust from surface coal mine

Charges against coal mining giant whose crimes killed 29 get little national coverage -- why?

Coal industry says court rulings pose obstacles to citizens' court action against strip-mine permits

W.Va., Labor Department pause to remember 2nd anniversary of worst coal mine disaster in 40 years

Uranium mill may be built in rural Colorado

MSHA and Massey settle lawsuit over Ky. mine

Mine disaster coverage focuses on Massey's safety record and its CEO's controversies

Chinese mining officials visit Harlan County, Kentucky, to learn about coal-mine safety

W.Va. strip mines not restored to approximate original contour, as 1977 federal law requires

Judge decides to keep Crandall Canyon mine investigations closed to news media