The legacy of coal is not beautiful nor clean. Coal destroys lives. It's time to move on from an industry that exploits ...

Federal inspectors conducted more than 300 safety inspections at coal mines in Harlan County over a recent 14 month-period, ...

and ENGIE is set to revitalize 17 former coal mining sites across Appalachia, converting them into clean energy ventures. This initiative will include 14 solar energy installations with a total ...

Their wives, sons and daughters who were denied a proper funeral for their loved ones, will tell you that there is no such thing as clean coal. I was born in Appalachia. I am proud of my mountain ...

Few residents in the coalfields agreed. In his classic To Save the Land and People: A History of Opposition to Surface Coal Mining in Appalachia, Chad Montrie described the sense of betrayal of ...

Miners and their advocates worry that DOGE's cuts to the Mine Safety and Health Administration will put them at risk.

The only Kentucky location for the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ... Kentucky and other parts of central Appalachia, one in five coal miners suffer from it, according ...

U.S. coal mining employed 53,000 people last year ... the most accessible—and therefore ­cheapest—coal reserves in Appalachia are mostly mined out. “Trump is not going to bring all the ...

Saturday marks the 15th anniversary of the deadliest mine disaster in more than half a century at the Upper Big Branch mine.

Jennifer Haigh's new book takes place in both New England and Shanghai. The story also explores #MeToo, foreign adoption, and ...