Since the 1970s, 500 peaks and counting have been literally blown up for the coal that's deep underground. It's called mountaintop removal mining, and it's the subject of a new documentary called ...

The Act governs the practice of "mountaintop mining" which is cheaper, and safter, than underground mining, and accounts for an increasing share of the coal mined in the United States. In the ...

The controversial practice of mountaintop coal mining is back in the news. The Obama Administration this week disappointed opponents by allowing a West Virginia mountaintop coal mining project to ...

The coal industry, which has long denied that mountaintop mining harms human health, appears poised to challenge the results, filing a public-records request for the USGS data. “It’s about a 1-to-1 ...

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration said Thursday that it would toughen standards for mountaintop-removal coal mining but would not end the practice as some environmental groups had hoped.

Everyone I spoke to agreed that coal is not so important that people should be expected to give up their health for it. But does mountaintop removal bring jobs? Ironically, surface mining ...

Coal production from mountaintop removal mining has fallen 62 percent since 2008, dropping at a faster rate that overall coal production during a period of industry decline. The U.S. Energy ...

Critics say the practice, known as “mountaintop removal mining,” is as devastating to the local environment as it is economically efficient for coal companies, one of which is poised to begin ...

Coal burning is a major source of heat-trapping carbon dioxide, a primary driver of climate change, and cutting down Appalachian forests for mountaintop mining releases more stored carbon to the ...