Then a noisy strip mining operation hunkered nearby, and now the mountaintop is scarred, the well water stinks and the salamanders are gone. "When you go up to the top of the mountain, there's ...

The world's largest land vehicle is a colossal excavator that stands taller than the Statue of Liberty and weighs more than the Eiffel Tower. The Bagger 288, constructed by German company Krupp ...

"This is a region that was shaped by strip mining for hundreds of years," said Kathrin Winkler, a native of Lusatia. "No grain of dirt was left on top of the other." As a young woman growing up in ...

Two former state and federal mining regulators say state and federal authorities should investigate the role strip mining played in devastating and deadly flooding in Eastern Kentucky and the ...

a decision that contravenes the advice of government scientists and is set to intensify the global fight over strip-mining biodiverse deep ocean ecosystems. The Jan. 9 determination makes Norway ...

Strip mining for phosphate rock violently transforms the environment, irreparably changing the character of the natural landscape. In many cases mines displace plants and animals and eat up thousands ...