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coal country
May 19, 2020
Kate Aronoff
How Democrats Can Win Coal Country—and the 2020 Election
The fossil fuel industry is hemorrhaging jobs in swing states.
February 17, 2016
Rebecca Leber
The biggest revelation about Kentucky sending its top climate official packing is that it had a climate change official in the first place.
August 19, 2014
Rebecca Leber
Now Even Republicans Are Being Accused of Waging a War on Coal
July 30, 2014
Rebecca Leber
People Are Literally Praying For Coal
But they shouldn't be.
June 3, 2014
Alec MacGillis
Ignore the Pundits: "Coal Country" Doesn't Decide Elections Like It Used To
November 7, 2013
Nora Caplan-Bricker
The EPA's Nationwide Carbon-Emissions Tour Rides Into D.C. With "Carpe Diem!"
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