The story illustrates the contrast between their past in the mountains and their uncertain future in the city. Keywords Appalachia, coal mining, family, transition, urban life, Cincinnati, job ...

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

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

Obama Ends 150-Year War of Strip-Mining in 24 States: Mountaintop Removal Loses Its Groove. Yeah, I’ve been wanting to wake up to that headline for years, too. Instead, I read another Coal ...

Can you think of a more destructive way to extract resources than blowing up a mountain? How about if the waste from doing it is dumped straight into mountain streams? Mountaintop removal is a radical ...

Federal cuts have targeted Kentucky's mine safety offices, terminating leases at seven locations around the state. If lease terminations result in fewer mine safety officials based in Kentucky ...

"The story of Homer Hickam and the Rocket Boys reminds us of the importance of education, and the way dreams can lift us all, ...

Any moron knows there is no such thing as clean coal. Anyone who has seen a photograph of a miner leaving work knows there is no such thing as clean coal. Anyone who has followed an overloaded ...