Archive for December 4, 2020
PEABODY TO CANCEL HEALTH CARE BENEFIT FOR RETIRED COAL MINERS
Peabody Energy is ending a health care benefit program for retired miners as a cost-saving measure. The St. Louis-based coal giant announced plans last week to discontinue coverage of medical expenses for workers enrolled in Medicare and to stop providing life insurance to retirees, The Casper Star-Tribune reported. The change is expected to go into effect…
Read More‘EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON THE CORN’: AS CROPS WITHER, THE HOPI FEAR FOR THEIR WAY OF LIFE
For 2,000 years, the Hopi have been growing corn in an arid landscape, relying on the rains. Now climate change threatens their farming traditions. READ MORE
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