Neither coal companies nor government have a “plan B” for many Appalachian communities. Meet the young leaders determined to find one. Jonathan Blair March 8, 2023 ...

With more 100 partners already in the program, The Appalachian Beekeeping Collective makes it easy for potential new ...

Once nearly eradicated, the “old man’s disease” is back and suffocating younger miners. Federal cuts risk putting a solution ...

Mining for new opportunities in Appalachia’s coal country. Over the last few decades, American energy companies have decreased their coal production, leaving thousands of miners without jobs.

Keywords Appalachia, coal mining, family, transition, urban life, Cincinnati, job scarcity, adaptation, children, heritage More for You Democrat wins Pennsylvania state senate race in major upset ...

I n 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 ...

“King Coal” finds its purpose in this process, as a loose collection of segments covering different aspects of coal mining and culture in Appalachia crystallizes into a statement of hope for ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va.. — The Center for Biological Diversity and Appalachian Voices today sued the U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for ...

Himler Coal was the only known cooperatively-owned coal mine in Appalachia or anywhere else in the world. Martin Himler’s experience as a coal miner when he was a young man inspired him to pioneer a ...

Appalachian coal mining has also left another imprint on the region’s mountain communities: Widespread economic hardship as the industry has declined.

Appalachian states like Kentucky have a long, turbulent history with coal and mountaintop removal—an extractive mining process that uses explosives to clear forests and scrape soil in order to ...

Both species were pushed to the edge of extinction by coal mining pollution. Scientific studies have linked coal mining to declines in birds, fish, salamanders, crayfish, insects and freshwater ...