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Residents of Appalachian coal communities told a Congressional subcommittee Tuesday that the controversial mining practice known as mountaintop removal…
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A Warrick County coal mine in southern Indiana will shut down this spring, affecting more than 80 employees. In a notice to the Indiana Department of…
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Nancy and Rich Potter had the kind of marriage that made other couples jealous. He’d take her on spontaneous trips. She’d wear her Daisy Dukes just for…
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The rain started around 10:30 p.m. By midnight, the creek in front of Elvis and Laura Thackers’ house had swelled to a mighty flood, uprooting trees,…
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An area roughly the size of Delaware has been mined for coal in Appalachia using mountaintop removal, according to a new study published in the journal…
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Western Kentucky District U.S. Attorney Russell Coleman didn’t hide his emotion when announcing federal charges against a coal company for faking coal…
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Kentucky recorded its first coal mining death of the year when a 29-year-old miner was killed in a conveyor belt accident in an underground Harlan County…
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A board that was ostensibly responsible for reviewing coal miners’ training and reviewing all proposed coal mine safety regulations will hold its last…
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Congress is enacting a little-used provision this week to turn back Obama-era regulations on coal mining near streams. The House of Representatives is…
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Two bills before the Kentucky House would change the way the state taxes coal that’s left in the ground.The “unmined minerals tax” applies to minerals…