In a significant step toward renewable energy development in the Appalachian region, a new agreement has been inked for the construction of 14 solar energy projects and three battery storage ...

At this point one of the town citizens starts walking upstream ... This scene has repeated itself across Central and North Central Appalachia for four generations or more. Coal mining communities ...

No offense to Appalachia, either ... But you’ll also find remnants of old railways, defunct coal-mining towns, and Gilded Age ruins that run the gamut from bygone manors to asylums.

The Nature Conservancy and the Cumberland Forest Limited Partnership are turning former Appalachian coal mines into clean energy hubs.

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 ...

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 ...

Both species are protected under the Endangered Species Act. The Center and Appalachian Voices have uncovered 388 coal mining facilities in West Virginia, Kentucky and Virginia that pollute critical ...

The banjo plays a major role in the folk music tradition of Appalachia, and when coal mining arrived in the region in the late 1800s, it inspired many songs. A concert of American coal mining songs in ...

How abandoned coal mines in Appalachia are joining the global race ... and indigenous groups address cross-border mining pollution The joint proposal between the U.S., Canada, and tribal groups ...