Signed on April 8, the “ Reinvigorating America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry ” order reclassifies coal as a “mineral,” ...

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

Gone are the days of a booming coal industry, where entire towns were beholden to the mines ... As a result, many people in central Appalachia have been looking for the next big industry that ...

Their wives, sons and daughters who were denied a proper funeral for their loved ones, will tell you that there is no such thing as clean coal. I was born in Appalachia. I am proud of my mountain ...

"In Central Appalachia, it's a big deal," he says. "These are towns that basically were built around coal mining, and coal miners are like the heart and soul of this community and economic livelihood ...

Taken together, these moves threaten to bring more disease and death to coal-dependent communities across Appalachia ... including the National Mining Association and the National Stone, Sand ...

"In Central Appalachia, it's a big deal," he says. "These are towns that basically were built around coal mining, and coal miners are like the heart and soul of this community and economic ...