For the past 20 years, coal operators have been removing the tops off peaks and ridges and plugging up streams in the Appalachian Mountains, one of the world’s oldest ranges, allowing them to mine ...

In this Oct. 16, 2014 photo, fog hovers over a mountaintop as a cut out of a coal miner stands at a memorial to local miners killed on the job in Cumberland, Ky. For over a century, life in Central ...

In the heart of Appalachia, where coal mining has shaped both the land and the lives of its people, a movement is taking root to restore what was lost. The Appalachian Regional Reforestation ...

A collaborative effort involving The Nature Conservancy (TNC), its Cumberland Forest Limited Partnership, Sun Tribe Development, and ENGIE is set to revitalize 17 former coal mining sites across ...

CLAIBORNE COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — A new coal mine has been approved for Claiborne County, with the project expected to produce up to 1.8 million tons of coal and local jobs over the next 10 years. On ...

Introduction -- Digging in : coping with sexualized work relations -- From red cap to coal miner : adaptation and advancement underground -- Ours in solidarity : women miners and the UMWA -- Over the ...

On June 12th, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement announced its intentions to roll back federal guidelines to investigate reports of potential ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. For a moment, Jacob Hannah saw an unprecedented opportunity to make Appalachia great ...