Blackjewel’s Bankruptcy Filing Is a Harbinger of Trouble Ahead for the Plummeting Coal Industry
The company wants to walk away from almost 200 mining permits in four states, potentially leaving thousands of acres of environmentally damaged land.
March 3, 2021
Unemployed Blackjewel coal miner David Pratt holds his daughter Willow as he walks across railroad tracks that lead to one of the company s mines near Cumberland, Kentucky in 2019. Blackjewel miners found themselves unemployed when the company declared bankruptcy and the workers final paychecks bounced, leading them to blockade the tracks to prevent the train carrying the mine s final shipment of coal from leaving until they were paid their wages. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images
Blackjewel bankruptcy illustrates problem with zombie mines
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Tamarack Foundation for the Arts is accepting online applications for its 2021 Emerging Artist Fellowship program through Feb. 26 at 4:30 p.m.
Fellowships are open to West Virginia artists 18 years of age or older who have worked in their field of traditional and fine craft or visual arts for three years or less, are prepared to commit time to technical training and education, and are prepared to create and present artwork for an exhibition at a West Virginia-based art institution.
Fellowships provide professional development and growth opportunities, as well as a monetary award of $2,500 for supplies, space or other uses related to the development of work.
Originally published on February 22, 2021 1:21 pm
The golden hue of the sunset shines across the sky and through the window as a woman drives down Van Meter Road in central Kentucky’s Clark County, passing by green rolling hills and hay bales.
In her social media video from early September, Adreanna Wills points out white signs in yards along the way, displaying the phrase “Industrial Solar” with a slash through the words.
“Imagine these signs being ‘for sale’ signs in front of these properties instead of the signs demonstrating where they stand on this, because that s probably what we re looking at for some of these families,” said Wills, who runs the county animal shelter.