The health impacts of coal mining in Appalachia have been a significant concern for researchers and public health officials. This region, known for its extensive coal mining activities ...

Now, some are calling it a model for other coal mining towns, particularly in Appalachia, where many towns may need to undergo similar evolutions. Centralia, Washington, had long been dependent on ...

Mountaintop coal mining (MTM) is a controversial practice primarily found in the Appalachian region of the United States. This method involves removing the summit of mountains to access coal seams ...

At this point one of the town citizens starts walking upstream ... This scene has repeated itself across Central and North Central Appalachia for four generations or more. Coal mining communities ...

No offense to Appalachia, either ... But you’ll also find remnants of old railways, defunct coal-mining towns, and Gilded Age ...

The Center for Biological Diversity and Appalachian Voices today sued the U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to protect highly ...

Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Atmos. As Norway shutters its last coal mine, locals who remain in ...

Both species are protected under the Endangered Species Act. The Center and Appalachian Voices have uncovered 388 coal mining facilities in West Virginia, Kentucky and Virginia that pollute critical ...

How abandoned coal mines in Appalachia are joining the global race ... and indigenous groups address cross-border mining pollution The joint proposal between the U.S., Canada, and tribal groups ...