Over the years this work provided many opportunities to share thoughts about Appalachian issues, fossil fuel extraction, climate change, environmental activism, and the need for a just energy transition. Feel free to check out the following links!
Writing
The World We Need. Chapter 12: “Thoughts of a Coal Miner”. The New Press. Book. Edited by Audrea Lim. 2021.
“Coal Mining’s Dark Past.” Explore Parts Unknown. 2018.
“Don’t Tell Coal Country, ‘That’s What You Get For Voting For Trump.’” Huffington Post. 2017.
“Appalachians Have Lost More Than Coal, We’ve Lost Who We Are.” Huffington Post. 2017.
“Stereotyping Appalachians Feeds Only the Coal Industry.” Yes! Magazine. 2017.
“The pain pill epidemic isn’t going anywhere until we end coal’s dominance.” The Washington Post. 2017.
“How America Failed My Family of Coal Miners.” The Daily Beast. 2016
“I Was a Fourth-Generation Coal Miner. Here’s Why I Quit.” Yes! Magazine. 2016.
“Who’s Worried About Global Warming?” Audubon Magazine. 2014.
“Coal Miner to Obama: Set strong carbon controls.” The Hill. 2014
Film, Television, & Video
“Coal Miner to Trump: ‘Coal Isn’t Coming Back’” The New York Times. Video Op-Ed. August 21, 2018.
“Season 11, Episode 1. West Virginia.” Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown. 2018.
C-SPAN – Washington Journal. May 9, 2017.
“Here is how a post-coal Appalachia could thrive.” Grist. YouTube. 2016.
Blood on the Mountain. Evening Star Productions. Documentary. 2016.
Radio & Podcast
“Let’s Talk Dirty to Clean Energy.” Excerpt from “Journey of a Former Coal Miner.” Climate One. Podcast. February 16, 2024.
“Journey of a Former Coal Miner.” Climate One. Podcast. May 14, 2021.
“Climate Conversation S2E1: An Appalachian Perspective on Just Transition.” MIT ClimateX. Podcast. November 8, 2017
“Two US coal miners, two very different perspectives on the future of coal.” NPR / PRI’s The World. March 29, 2017.
Contributions
“The 100-year capitalist experiment that keeps Appalachia poor, sick, and stuck on coal” Quartz. Gwynn Guilford. December 30, 2017.