coal mining
A Bankrupt Coal Company Plans Huge Executive Bonuses — And Steep Cuts to Employee Benefits
Alpha Natural Resources seeks to pay executive bonuses of nearly $12 million in 2016, after incurring $1.3 billion in losses last year and seeking to cut health and life insurance benefits for 1,200 rank-and-file employees.
Obama Halts New Coal Mining Leases on Federal Lands
The moratorium comes amidst a string of major coal company bankruptcy filings and increasing federal regulation of fossil fuel emissions.
We Joined Britain's Last Deep Pit Coal Miners for Their Final Shift
"Everybody knows we've got to decarbonize and go green, we know that. But we're not ready for it."
I Watched Climate Change Activists Shut Down a British Coal Mine
The land the mine is on is owned by a guy named Lord Ridley who thinks that global warming is totally chill.
The US Coal Industry Is Shuttering Mines and Its Market Value Is Plummeting, Says a New Study
Environmentalists are celebrating the decreasing amount of coal being burnt in the United States — but communities in Appalachia wonder what will help their anemic economies.
An Uncertain Future for the Navajo (Excerpt from 'Cursed by Coal')
In this excerpt, VICE News correspondent Neha Shastry speaks with Joe Allen, a lifelong resident of the Navajo Nation, who is worried about living near one of the largest and dirtiest coal fired power plants in the country.
Cursed by Coal: Mining the Navajo Nation
VICE News travels to the Navajo Nation to investigate how coal mining has affected the Navajo’s past, present, and future.
Cursed by Coal: Mining the Navajo Nation (Trailer)
Coming soon: VICE News travels to the Navajo Nation to find out how its abundance of coal is affecting the future of the Navajo people.
Here's How China Is Screwing North Korea's Economy
Coal accounted for about 44 percent of China’s imports from North Korea — a drop from 48 percent in 2013 and nearly 50 percent in 2012.
What the Frack?
VICE News travels to Blackpool, Lancashire, to see how the UK is about to get fracked.
What the Frack (Trailer)
Coming soon: VICE News travels to Blackpool, Lancashire, to see fractivism in action.
Banks Invest Billions in Coal, Then Claim They're Green
A new report reveals that some of the world's biggest "green" financial institutions are bankrolling coal mining through loans and underwriting.