A stunning film that exposes the devastation of mountaintop removal coal mining to the forests, streams, and communities of Appalachia, Coal Country puts the personal stories of residents of the ...

Major utility companies Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power cut power to 56,000 households for not paying their bills in ...

Oct. 29—If master horror writer Stephen King chose the coal region of the late 19th century as the setting for his novel about demonic juvenile delinquents, he might have called it "Children of the ...

The Big Idea is a series that asks top lawmakers and figures to discuss their moonshot — what’s the one proposal, if politics and polls and even price tag were not an issue, they’d implement to change ...

It’s been a rough spring for America’s long-shrinking coal industry. The United States is down to just 43,800 coal jobs, and as the coronavirus shutdowns continue to eat into energy demand, coal ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ken Silverstein covers global energy and climate issues. This article is more than 4 years old. The NRG Energy Inc. WA Parish ...

The Environmental and Energy Study Institute came out with a really interesting study on how Coal Country can, and must, redefine itself in the energy future that is emerging. Coal mining is a way of ...

West Virginia is challenging EPA efforts to blunt the impact of climate change. CLENDENIN, West Virginia -- A historic flood from sudden torrential rain nearly wiped out entire towns in West ...

The federal government recently offered up thousands of acres for coal mining across Utah. But recent coal mining leases have ...