In an early scene from the Oscar-winning “Harlan County U.S.A.,” a piece of technology is shown swallowing coal miners by the dozen. One after the other, we see helmeted workers merge their prone ...

When the developers of the Mountain Valley Pipeline took an easement by eminent domain over coal-producing property in West Virginia, they were not required to condemn the coal, mineral or other ...

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Note to readers • This story was originally published by High Country News. In September, a coal mine reopened in Utah’s Coal Country. But the mine’s owner, Wolverine Fuels, couldn’t find enough ...

Correction: This segment stated that coal mining is regulated by the federal Mine Safety and Health Association. The agency's correct title is the Mine Safety and ...

Before mining came to Chhattisgarh, a landlocked state in central India, Hasdeo Arand was a remote forest with a dozen tribal hamlets. Spanning more than 650 square miles, the forest is often called ...