MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 20 -- Clean Wisconsin issued the following news release: * * * Trump order to keep Michigan coal plant running will mean higher energy bills in Wisconsin Families and businesses across the Midwest, including here in Wisconsin, will be footing the bill to bring an empty coal plant back online in Michigan. In May, the Trump Administration used an emergency order to force Consumers Energy to truck coal back on site and fire up the old plant. So far, that has come with a   more

LONDON, England, Aug. 20 -- Civil Society Media posted the following news on Aug. 19, 2025: * * * Coal mining museum charity staff to strike for a month over pay dispute By Lea Legraien Employees at a coal mining museum charity are set to strike for four weeks after failing to agree on a pay increase. Yesterday, UNISON Wakefield District announced that over 40 employees at the National Coal Mining Museum would strike on Wednesday "after managers failed to provide an improved pay offer in t  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news release: * * * Coast Guard, partners responding to explosion aboard vessel in Baltimore Harbor * BALTIMORE -- The Coast Guard and local partners are responding to reports of an explosion aboard the 751-foot merchant vessel W-Sapphire in Baltimore Harbor, Monday. Responders from Coast Guard Sector Maryland - National Capital Region were dispatched to the area to assist. No injuries have bee  more

ITHACA, New York, Aug. 19 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Cornell Atkinson-The Nature Conservancy awards promote biodiversity, climate resilience * For 12 years, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability have partnered to bridge the gap between scientific breakthroughs and real-world action on critical sustainability issues. Cornell Atkinson announced this week that six new projects will receive 2025 grant funding to address topics  more

BOONE, North Carolina, Aug. 19 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: * * * More coal miner lives in jeopardy as silica safeguard delayed yet again * August 18, 2025 Contact Trey Pollard, trey@pollardcommunications.com, 202-904-9187 Coal industry's attempts to avoid accountability continue as black lung epidemic endures COAL COUNTRY -- Measures that prevent deadly silica dust exposure among coal miners are indefinitely delayed, as coal ind  more

BOONE, North Carolina, Aug. 19 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: * * * South Fork Coal says it will liquidate rather than restructure in bankruptcy filing * August 19, 2025 CONTACT Dan Radmacher, Media Specialist, (276) 289-1018, dan@appvoices.org Wilmington, DE. -- Late last week, White Forest Resources, the parent company of South Fork Coal Company announced that its bankruptcy would end in liquidation rather than restructuring. South  more