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Tropical Storm Chantal caused widespread flooding in Orange County dealing a blow to towns already squeezed by dwindling state and federal support.
And so, the phaseout of coal began. Today, only two hard coal mines remain, and in 2018 they’ll both be shut down. Germany continues to import hard coal from other countries for a substantial portion ...
When Coal First Arrived, Americans Said ‘No Thanks’ Back in the 19th century, coal was the nation’s newfangled fuel source—and it faced the same resistance as wind and solar today ...
The warning from S&P Ratings is the latest blow for the industry after the collapse of Australian Pacific Coal last week and ...
The following story is part one of a two-part series examining the devastating impact of black lung disease on the lives of southern West Virginia coal miners and the complications they face when ...
The historic heartland of anti-fascist resistance and mining militancy now faces a new battle — stopping Nigel Farage. ANDREW ...
When William Amos Craven’s children were little, they would visit him at Roslyn’s Mount Olivet Cemetery, where he worked as a ...
Beijing is selling clean energy to the world, Washington is pushing oil and gas. Both are driven by national security.
Public input is being sought in Virginia on how to spend $79.5 million in grant funding to capture methane leaking from coal ...
OCEANA, W.Va. (WVVA) - As West Virginians face possible cuts to Medicaid and SNAP, they are also being hit hard in the job ...
BARRACKVILLE — When Barrackville community leaders began putting together a memorial for victims of the town’s mine disasters in March, Diana Marple thought it would take five years of $1,000 ...
Bill Estep is retiring from the Lexington Herald-Leader after 40 years of covering Kentucky’s most important stories from ...