Keywords Appalachia, coal mining, family, transition, urban life, Cincinnati, job scarcity, adaptation, children, heritage More for You Three ex-presidents denounce the current one in a two-week ...

In Appalachian Ohio, when a coal-fired power plant shuts down, entire communities feel the aftershocks. At Ohio University's ...

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 failing to protect highly ...

Former NIOSH employees are continuing to speak out against federal cuts that will negatively impact coal miner safety in West ...

opening up pathways for coal-fired plants and mining in the Commonwealth and greater Appalachia. Legislative momentum is essential, but policy means nothing without the logistics to support it.

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

Mountaintop removal is a radical form of coal mining in which the tops of mountains are literally blasted off to access seams of coal. It takes place in the Appalachian Mountains, one of the oldest ...

Many of the country’s remaining underground coal mines — the most dangerous kind — are located in Appalachia. MSHA has historically placed its field offices in mining communities.