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Coal miners from Blackjewel coal company pass time chatting on the railroad tracks that lead to one of the company's mines on August 08, 2019 near Cumberland, Kentucky. The miners unexpectedly found themselves unemployed when Blackjewel declared bankruptcy and shut down their mine. Just as unexpected was the discovery that their final paychecks had bounced. When a few of the miners learned the company was shipping out a final load of coal by rail they decided to blockade the tracks to prevent the shipment from leaving the mine until they were paid their wages. The blockade, which is in its 11th day, has received a local and national outpouring of support. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

"Direct action getting results"

Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams
Mitch McConnell (Getty/Tom Brenner/Mladen Antonov)

McConnell stiffs Kentucky coal miners

Travis Gettys - Raw Story
President Donald Trump signs H.J. Res. 38 in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Overlooked blue-green alliances

Sarah Lazare - In These Times
A dump truck hauls coal at Contura Energy's Eagle Butte Mine near Gillette, Wyo. (AP/Mead Gruver)

Trump said he'd save coal: Seems not

Igor Derysh
Lavender growing in Boone County W.Va. on top of a reclaimed strip mine, as part of the Green Mining Project. (Janet Kunicki/West Virginia Public Broadcasting/100 Days in Appalachia)

Lavender hopes and realities

Roxy Todd - West Virginia Public Broadcasting
(Getty/Saul Loeb/ScottNodine/Salon)

Trump's contempt for coal country

Amanda Marcotte
FILE - In this July 1, 2013, file photo smoke rises from the Colstrip Steam Electric Station, a coal burning power plant in in Colstrip, Mont. (AP)

Reversal of Clean Power Plan results

Kate Yoder - Grist
(AP/Steve Helber)

Trump's attack on coal miners

Matthew Rozsa
(AP/Steve Helber)

Why coal still hopes for Trump miracle

Matthew Rozsa
(Ryan Dorgan/Casper Star-Tribune via AP, File)

Trump and global warming

Matthew Rozsa
FILE - In this March 10, 2006 file photo, Ohio coal miners head into the mine for a shift inside the Hopedale Mine near Cadiz, Ohio. An election-year bill that would protect health-care and pension benefits for more than 100,000 retired coal miners is dividing coal-state Republicans. Thousands of miners are expected to gather at the Capitol to push for the measure, which they describe as life-saving and fulfilling a promise the government made in 1946. (AP Photo/Joe Maiorana, File) (AP)

Simon Haeder - The Conversation
(AP/Ron Sachs/AFP/Stringer)

Big Coal can't be saved

Paul Rosenberg
(AP Photo/Eastern Kentucky C.E.P., Inc.)

Matthew Rozsa
President-elect Donald Trump, center, and Vice President-elect Mike Pence, right, pose with investor Wilbur Ross at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse Sunday (AP)

Reynard Loki - Alternet
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