TED Talks
Juan Enriquez: Using biology to rethink the energy challenge
Juan Enriquez challenges our definition of bioenergy. Oil, coal, gas and other hydrocarbons are not chemical but biological products, based on plant matter -- and thus, growable. Our whole approach to fuel, he argues, needs to change.
TED Talks
TED: How to stop banks from investing in dirty energy | Lucie Pinson
Money is pollution's biggest driving force -- particularly, the cash invested in dirty energy projects, says financial responsibility campaigner Lucie Pinson. She shares a three-pronged approach to stop banks from funding fossil fuel...
Crash Course
The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course European History
We've talked about a lot of revolutions in 19th Century Europe, and today we're moving on to a less warlike revolution, the Industrial Revolution. You'll learn about the development of steam power and mechanization, and the labor and...
Crash Course
The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course History of Science
You probably know some of the signs of industrialization in the nineteenth century: Trains connected cities, symbolizing progress. But they also brought about the destruction of rural lands, divisions between social classes, and rapid...
Great Big Story
Transforming abandoned coal mines into thriving farms
Witness the innovative transformation of former coal mines into sustainable farms, creating new opportunities for the future.
Step Back History
The Anarchist Who Shot the President
On September 6, 1901, an Anarchist Steelworker named Leon Czolgosz shot and killed the President of the United States, William McKinley. This assassination led to a xenophobic panic, sometimes described as a historical war on terror,...
Curated Video
Horse-Riding Librarians
The Pack Horse Library Initiative saw hundreds of female librarians cross the Appalachian Mountains to deliver books to those in need.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Kipp Dawson - From Coal Mine to Classroom
At age 71, Kipp Dawson is currently teaching middle school English in Pittsburgh, PA. Before that she spent more than a decade as a coal miner, yes you heard correctly, a coal miner. She is a union leader, civil rights activist,...
Curated Video
CBC Calgary Headline News Aug. 1: Office conversion, coal mine pollution & restaurant sales up
CBC Calgary Headline News August 1
Curated Video
Germany to phase out coal use by 2038
Ministers are clear coal mines will disappear and that renewable sources of energy are the answer.
Curated Video
Why country star Corb Lund opposes coal mining in Alberta
Country musician Corb Lund calls himself 'a reluctant anti-coal mine activist' but says his opposition to new coal exploration in his home province unites Albertans from across the political spectrum.
Curated Video
Further decline in the coal industry gives rise to a new phenomenon: Zombie mines
A Scripps News investigation has found as many as 1,300 coal mining facilities across Appalachia that have been sitting for more than a decade without being productive and still may not be fully cleaned up. (Scripps News)
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Coal Miners Go Back To Work For War Effort
Mine fields of Kentucky, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio coal miners go back to work for the war efforts / coal workers walk up to factory, look at sign saying it is now US Property / workers enter go down into mine shaft / empty...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : In flooded Kentucky, very cautious questions about the role of coal
In eastern Kentucky's Appalachian mountains, residents of a hamlet surrounded by coal mines recently ravaged by floods are struggling to challenge an industry has long offered the only well-paying jobs in the region (Footage by AFPTV via...
Bloomberg
Pickens: Clinton's Anti-Fossil Fuels Stance Is 'Stupid'
May 11 -- Boone Pickens, BP Capital's chairman and chief executive officer, discusses the U.S. presidential election with David Westin at the SALT Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada on "Bloomberg Markets."
Curated Video
RR0236/B Germany: Economy
Berlin (recent): Mark Braun in eastern Berlin looking at plans; SOT in English, Mark Braun, Braun's office in west Berlin, SOT in English, Mark Braun; men at social club, SOT in German, Stefan Ullrich, retiree; men walking; Bavarian...
Curated Video
A former coal miner explains that those who want to continue living in their communities in West Virginia have few options but to become coal miners.
HEADLINE: First Person: Few job options in coal country
CAPTION: A former coal miner explains that those who want to continue living in their West Virginia communities have few options but to become coal miners. (April 6)
Bloomberg
South32 Says All Operations Impacted by Rising Costs
Feb.14 -- Bloomberg's David Stringer reports on the earnings and performance of South32. He speaks on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia."
Sky News
Interview with Nicola Sturgeon on lifting of Covid restrictions
CLEAN: Exterior interview with Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon MSP on the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions in Scotland and the forthcoming COP26 conference on 9 August 2021 in Barrhead, Scotland, United Kingdom
Curated Video
Crews drilling 3rd hole to save possible blast survivors, presser
AP Television
Montcoal, West Virginia - 7 April 2010
1. Wide pan left entrance to mine
2. Pan right from mine sign to entrance
3. Close-up mine sign
4. Medium shot Performance Coal Company sign
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Joe Manchin, West...
Bloomberg
Boone Pickens' Outlook for Oil Prices and the Election
May 11 -- Boone Pickens, BP Capital's chairman and chief executive officer, discusses the outlook for oil prices and the U.S. presidential election with David Westin at the SALT Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada on "Bloomberg Markets."
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Trump supporters rally in West Virginia
CLEAN : Trump supporters rally in West Virginia