CausesKelly Michals/Flickr Mineworker doubts 'real' change will come from parliamentary inquiry into coal mine safety When veteran miner Scott Leggett goes to work, he leaves behind his nine-year-old daughter Anika who worries he "might get badly injured" or that he won't come home at all.
Politics Joe Manchin’s dirty empire The West Virginia senator reaps big financial rewards from a network of coal companies with grim records of pollution, safety violations, and death.
Politics Two years after promises began, where are coal jobs? From the Grayson, KY Journal-Times: “Put our miners back to work."