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This Veterans Day, we honor the men and women who have worn our nation’s uniform and thank them for defending what we hold dearest. Their service, sacrifice and commitment to something greater than themselves deserve our deepest gratitude.

Today is Veterans Day, and we’re taking this moment to say thank you to every person who has served in the United States Armed Forces.

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence and data centre infrastructure has generated substantial electricity demand and raised concerns about delayed phase-out of coal power, yet this relationship has not been empirically assessed.

25 years ago, the percentage of veteran working coal miners in Central Appalachia diagnosed with black lung disease was down to roughly one in 10. Today, that reported rate is the highest it’s been since 1978: One in three.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection in the past few months hosted an open public hearing addressing an application for LCT Energy, LP for the Rustic Ridge #2 project.