Strip mining has forever altered the Appalachian landscape by cutting off mountaintops to get at low sulfur deposits more cheaply and safely than underground mining allows. Now, after 20 years of ...

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A key part of the Okefenokee Swamp was rescued by conservationists from mining, but this natural habitat is still in danger, ...

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Aug. 5 (UPI) --The Department of the Interior announced Tuesday it has approved a mining plan modification for the Rosebud Mine in Montana. The decision for the 25,000-acre strip mine in Rosebud and ...

Stephen C. Cawood, a Pineville lawyer who died at 82, was a lifelong advocate for Kentucky's Appalachian region. Cawood represented people victimized by the coal industry and helped draft key state ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Noah Adams talked about his book Far Appalachia: Following the New River North, published by Delacorte Press. He discusses how the coal industry and ...

Data centers are the same kind of extraction, only this time the corporations are hiding them behind fences, nondisclosure agreements and a lot of glossy PR about “upcycling” coal mines and powering ...