electric vehicles
Utility looks to test heavy-duty electric trucks in Minnesota’s taconite mines
Under a proposal to regulators, Minnesota Power would help mining companies convert to electric mining vehicles.
Appalachia
Coal’s collapse under COVID-19 adds urgency to just transition movement
Groups working to support out-of-work coal miners and their communities are trying to accelerate their strategies.
Ohio
In Ohio’s coal country, pandemic pushes unemployment rate from bad to worse
As the coronavirus spread, Appalachian Ohio saw the state’s highest percentages of people out of work.
News
How one Utah community fought the fracking industry — and won
Kanab took an unconventional path to face down a frac sand mine that threatened the region’s aquifer.
Illinois
Midwest coal producers attempt to cut costs, escalating pollution worries
“They’re trying to cut regulations and to cut corners”: Experts see an Illinois water permit fight as a sign of things to come for the struggling coal industry.