coal mining

More than a decade of research has found a relationship between these mine sites and health problems like cancer.

Appalachian coal mines emit more than a million tons of methane a year, and overall the region is the largest U.S. source of the potent greenhouse gas,…

Elaine Tanner lives with her life partner, Jimmy Hall, at the head of Mill Creek in Letcher County, Kentucky. Jimmy is a sixth-generation Letcher…

The Blackjewel bankruptcy case has been ongoing since the summer of 2019 when Blackjewel, LLC abruptly collapsed, leaving over 2,000 miners in Wyoming,…

Workers at two Western Kentucky coal mines are preparing to be laid off in the coming days. The Genesis Mine in Centertown previously announced it would…

McLean County is bracing for an economic hit with the planned closure of a coal mine. Amid declining coal prices and industry changes, Pennyrile Energy’s…

The sound of metal banging against metal broke the calm on the high mesa separating Colorado’s Paradox and Big Gypsum valleys. An old rusted headframe…

Kentucky’s labor secretary is defending his agency’s handling of the Blackjewel fallout. The company abruptly declared bankruptcy in July, putting…

Residents of Appalachian coal communities told a Congressional subcommittee Tuesday that the controversial mining practice known as mountaintop removal…

A Warrick County coal mine in southern Indiana will shut down this spring, affecting more than 80 employees. In a notice to the Indiana Department of…