https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_Wars
Coal Wars. Tennessee miners attacking Fort Anderson during the Coal Creek War in 1892. The Coal Wars were a series of armed labor conflicts in the United States, roughly between 1890 and 1930. Although they occurred mainly in the East, particularly in Appalachia, there was a significant amount of violence in Colorado after the turn of the century.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/forgotten-matewan-massacre-was-epicenter-20th-century-mine-wars-180963026/
April 25, 2017. Child coal miners with mules in Gary, West Virginia in 1908. Working conditions were brutal for coal miners, and unionization was violently suppressed. Library of Congress. The

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blair_Mountain
The Battle of Blair Mountain was the largest labor uprising in United States history and is the largest armed uprising since the American Civil War. The conflict occurred in Logan County, West Virginia, as part of the Coal Wars, a series of early-20th-century labor disputes in Appalachia.. For five days from late August to early September 1921, some 10,000 armed coal miners confronted 3,000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_coal_wars
Background Coal mining in West Virginia. West Virginia had only a few active coal mines during the US Civil War, with fewer than 1,600 miners in the whole state. Coal mining would flourish, however, between 1880 and 1900, after competing railroad companies began carving routes through the mountains of Appalachia. West Virginia produced 489,000 tons of coal in 1869, 4,882,000 tons of coal in

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/06/us/coal-miners-blair-mountain.html
Over 12 miles and five days, the sheriff's men fought the miners, strafing the hillsides with machine-gun fire and dropping homemade bombs from planes. There were at least 16 confirmed deaths in

https://www.history.com/news/americas-largest-labor-uprising-the-battle-of-blair-mountain
In late August 1921, union miners and coal company supporters clashed near Blair Mountain, West Virginia, in what has been called the largest armed uprising since the Civil War.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwfn3lhl6m8
The Harlan County Coal Wars 1931-1939We return to our series on the Coal Wars of the United States with "Bloody Harlan" and the Battle for Evarts. These batt

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/theminewars/
At the dawn of the 20th century, the struggle over coal — the material that fueled America — led to the largest armed insurrection since the Civil War and turned parts of West Virginia into a

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/from-the-ashes-q-a-coal-war-documentary-michael-bonfiglio
Meet the People on the Front Lines of America's Coal Wars. As the coal industry falters and alternative energy gains steam, hear the voices from all sides of the debate. From the Ashes , a

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/introduction-to-the-west-virginia-mine-wars.htm
During the outset of what became known as the West Virginia mine wars, the trouble centered in the towns along Paint and Cabin Creek (1912-1913) in Kanawha County. By the later years of the mine wars (1919-1921), the violence shifted southward to three major coal-mining counties: Mingo, McDowell, and Logan. The culminating events of the West

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/matewan-massacre.htm
Matewan Massacre. The coal town of Matewan in southern West Virginia's Mingo County was the site of a bloody conflict that resulted in the deaths of local lawmen and Baldwin Felts Detectives. Sid Hatfield was the Sheriff of Matewan, West Virginia from 1919 until his death in 1921. This photograph of Hatfield was taken circa 1920.

https://energyhistory.yale.edu/coal-mining-and-labor-conflict/
The Coal Creek War erupts in Tennessee in 1891-1892. Dozens are killed (on both sides), and more than 500 miners are arrested. 1902. A major strike breaks out in the anthracite coal fields for higher wages, an eight-hour workday, and recognition of the union. President Roosevelt attempted to broker a truce, and when that failed, set up the

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/battle-blair-mountain-largest-labor-uprising-american-history-180978520/
A coal miner marching in protest stands with his rifle over his soldier. ... the miners' doomed mission was the " closest thing to a class war" our country has seen. On September 2, 1921

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https://www.dol.gov/general/aboutdol/history/coalstrike
Coal companies prospered, and union membership soared from 10,000 to 115,000.8. John Mitchell, who at the age of 28 became president of the United Mine Workers in 1898, hoped to achieve the same kind of success in the anthracite or hard coalfields of Pennsylvania. Anthracite coal at the turn of the century was an unusual business.

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/06/1109381306/eastern-ukraine-coal-mining-russia-invasion
An employee at a coal mine in eastern Ukraine travels deep into the mine. INSIDE A COAL MINE, Ukraine — A little more than 4 miles into a mine, in the newfound relative comfort of being over

https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-colorado-coalfield-war
The Colorado Civil War culminates into intense warfare between miners and guards while spanning 80 miles of coalfields. April 24, 1914: Governor Ammon asks President Woodrow Wilson for aid. A temporary, unenforceable truce is called. April 28, 1914: President Wilson orders federal troops to Colorado. Both sides are forced to disarm and violence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlan_County_War
The Harlan County War, or Bloody Harlan, was a series of coal industry skirmishes, executions, bombings and strikes (both attempted and realized) that took place in Harlan County, Kentucky, during the 1930s. The incidents involved coal miners and union organizers on one side and coal firms and law enforcement officials on the other. [1]

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/16/world/coal-use-record-high-climate-intl/index.html
The global energy crisis caused by Russia's war on Ukraine has pushed global demand for coal - the most polluting of all fossil fuels - to a record high in 2022, the International Energy

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/27/1124448463/germany-coal-energy-crisis
Amid an energy crisis, Germany turns to the world's dirtiest fossil fuel. The chimney of the Evonik coal plant in Marl, Germany, on Sept. 13. This coal-fired power plant helps power a chemical

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/15/1117560560/a-rising-demand-for-coal-amidst-war-in-ukraine
Email. Demand for coal in Europe is rising as Russia's invasion of Ukraine threatens the country's vast natural resource and fossil fuel reserves - and subsequently, the world's energy supply

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2024/06/20/bidens-war-on-coal-facts-tell-a-more-complex-story/
Coal jobs declined 24% during the Trump presidency. And 60 coal companies declared bankruptcy between 2012 and 2020. Among them were Arch and Peabody, two major operators in the Powder River Basin

https://jacobin.com/2024/06/colombia-coal-embargo-israel-war-gaza
Colombia was the biggest coal exporter to Israel — but last Saturday, president Gustavo Petro announced he would cut off the supply. ... minerals and fuels that are used in these wars . . . the planet is on the verge of a new world war and it is the workers who can and have the obligation to stop this threat against the existence of the human

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/14/climate/trump-coal-politics.html
Mr. McConnell, who was once Mr. Trump's most important ally on Capitol Hill and credited their teamwork with ending the Obama administration's "war on coal," has been feuding with the

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/06/18/opinion/Energy-war-room-fossil-fuels-renewables-economics-Canada
What has happened to coal is coming for us. Oil and gas are Canada's top export, but as the world embraces the so-called #cleantech revolution, our per capita GDP is already shrinking. ... So as the War Room folds its tent, rather than toast its demise, Canadians should take this moment to demand energy leadership and a real plan for our future

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-10/renewable-energy-projects-wind-farm-face-opposition-four-corners/103951940
But its only when one local suggests building a new coal-fired power station does the crowd erupt in spontaneous applause. This is the front line of Australia's latest climate war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Matewan
The Battle of Matewan (also known as the Matewan Massacre) was a shootout in the town of Matewan in Mingo County and the Pocahontas Coalfield mining district, in southern West Virginia.It occurred on May 19, 1920 between local coal miners and their allies and the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency.The dead included two brothers of the detective agency's founder and Matewan's mayor Cabell

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/06/14/fact-sheet-the-2024-g7-summit-in-apulia-italy/
Driving Up Costs for the Russian War Machine: ... The G7 has committed for the first time to phase out unabated coal power generation in energy systems during the first half of the 2030s. The G7

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/nation/story/2024-06-08/colombia-will-suspend-coal-exports-to-israel-over-war-in-gaza
Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced on Saturday that his country will suspend coal exports to Israel over the war in Gaza, as relations sour between two countries that were once close

https://www.marketplace.org/2024/06/18/king-crab-norway-ukraine-war-seafood-norwegian/
The sanctions the U.S. imposed on Russian products at the onset of the war in Ukraine have now been in effect for more than two years. That spurred demand for alternatives to Russian exports