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West Virginia coal wars – Wikipedia

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West Virginia coal wars – Wikipedia

The West Virginia coal wars (1912–21), also known as the mine wars, arose out of a dispute between coal companies and miners.

The first workers strike, in West Virginia, was the Cabin Creek and Paint Creek strike of 1912-1913. With help from Mary "Mother Jones" Harris Jones, an important figure in unionizing the mine workers, the miners demanded better pay, better work conditions, the right to trade where they pleased (ending the practice of forcing miners to buy from company-owned stores), and recognition of the United Mine Workers (UMW).

The mining companies refused to meet the demands of the workers and instead hired Baldwin-Felts agents equipped with high-powered rifles to guard the mines and act as strikebreakers.[2][1] After the Agents arrived, the miners either moved out or were evicted from the houses they had been renting from the coal companies, and moved into coal camps that were being supported by the Union.[1] Approximately 35,000 people lived in these coal camps.

Port of Albany expansion to create jobs, contribute to green initiative, but buried coal ash has local residents concerned for environment

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Spotlight News – DISCOVER GLENMONT: Port of Albany expansion to create jobs, contribute to green initiative, but buried coal ash has local residents concerned for environment

The burned a lot of coal at the Bethlehem Steam Station between 1955 and 1980, although because the plant lacked pollution controls, probably the bottom ash is less toxic then modern plants.

Inefficient coal plant scheduling cost ratepayers $3.5B from 2015 to 2017, report says | Utility Dive

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Inefficient coal plant scheduling cost ratepayers $3.5B from 2015 to 2017, report says | Utility Dive

Regulated utilities cost ratepayers over $3.5 billion from 2015 to 2017 through uneconomic coal practices, according to a report released Tuesday from the Sierra Club.

Vertically-integrated utilities consistently operated coal units based on their own scheduling rather than relying on market signals to determine when running that plant would be most economic, the report found. The practice, known as self-scheduling, became common when there were fewer cost-effective alternative resources, but now hinders the ability of other resources, wind and solar, to compete in power markets, research has previously found.

Without self-scheduling, coal-powered generation would have dropped 10% and the median market price would have risen 30% or $7.7/kWh in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) from 2015 to 2017, according to modeling scenarios run for the report by Synapse Energy Economics.

Coal Strip Mines In Penna

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This map shows the location of surface mining of coal by removing material which lies above the coal seam. Includes, but is not limited to, strip, auger, quarry, dredging, and leaching mines. You might get a better view of the mines by zooming in and switching to the satellite view.

Data Source: PASDA, 2018 Coal Mining Operations Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. http://www.pasda.psu.edu/uci/DataSummary.aspx?dataset=271