Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton ruled against returning Blair Mountain to the National Register of Historic Places. The move would have protected the mountain from mining by Alpha…
Judge Says Blair Mountain Can Be Mined
Obama Beat by Felon in WV County
Something’s in the air in DC, and it smells a lot like coal dust to me. Last week, Jay Rockefeller called on coal companies to stop using scare tactics and…
Rockefeller Says Coal Is Leaving “Miners in the Dust”
Last Wednesday, Senator Jay Rockefeller gave a controversial speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate. He spoke in opposition to the Inhofe Resolution, which would have disallowed emission limits…
Hollow: An Interactive Documentary
Some West Virginians are fed up. They’re tired of seeing coal towns die when industry leaves; they’re tired of being painted as bumpkins in pop media; and they’re especially tired…
CNN To Feature Blair Mountain Tonight
The fight to save Blair Mountain from mountain top removal coal mining has reached new heights. Tonight at 8:00 P.M. E.D.T., CNN will bring this hotly contested issue to its…
Virtual March for Blair Mountain
If you’re like me and unable to make the remarkable March on Blair Mountain in West Virginia this week, don’t worry. The Virtual March is on. Each day, you can demonstrate…
EmmyLou Harris and RFK Jr. at Blair Mountain
You may remember that big coal is trying to blow apart Blair Mountain. This is the site of the largest armed insurrection in the United States since the Civil War. From…
Tonight – Premiere of COAL
The folks who took us to the Bering Sea in Deadliest Catch and behind the wheel in Ice Road Truckers, are now going into the mines. Tonight COAL premieres on Spike…
Do Feds Know What Happened at W.Va Mine?
Yesterday,investigators shared their theories on last April’s Big Branch Mine explosion with the people who have been most affected–the victims’ families. According to investigators, there probably was not a single…
Coal Country
I’m a sucker for deserted places–old buildings, sometimes entire towns that were once bustling but have been left and forgotten. Hand me my camera and drop me by an empty…