As American energy companies decrease their coal production, many wonder what comes next for the communities left behind.

Since 1970, more than 75,000 miners have died of black lung disease. Now, researchers working to prevent those deaths get ...

Corporate broadcast news coverage of environmental justice declined in 2024. ABC, CBS, and NBC aired a combined total of just 7 environmental justice segments, compared to 9 such segments in 2023.

But it is true that in the era of what is called neoliberalism, communities were sort of expected to solve their own problems out and one of the things we’ve learned and I think you’ve learned, that’s ...

The Exhibition Coal Mine and Youth Museum announced on Thursday its West Virginia Day Celebration set for Friday, June 20.

Others left pillars of coal in place to support the roof, but they don't always prevent settling over time. The state Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation will examine the scene when the search ...

Rustic Ridge #1 mine is owned by LCT Energy of Johnstown, Pa., which is working it to extract metallurgical coal, used in ...

Federal regulators have determined that the operator of a Raleigh County mine with a long history of safety failures caused a ...

Inside Appalachia, a West Virginia man is reviving a Black coal camp through farming. Also, the legacy of Affrilachian poet ...

A recent announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency is being applauded by those who benefit from the coal industry ...

CHARLESTON — West Virginia officials in Congress and inside the State Capitol Building praised President Donald Trump for an effort to undo rules put in place by former President Joe Biden to regulate ...

PRESCOTT — Now that funds are in hand and the Mexican spotted owl’s breeding season is over, the U.S. Forest Service has resumed its abandoned-mine cleanup project east of Prescott.