Having just finished "Lost Mountain" by Erik Reece for my Literature and Ecology class, I am motivated to share my new knowledge concerning mountaintop removal, what I am newly convinced is one of the ...

KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — A group of West Virginians are on a mission to save part of Coonskin Park. The park is under threat of mountaintop removal for a West Virginia International Yeager ...

Recent examinations of the health and environmental impacts of mountaintop mining – stripping the tops off of mountains to extract coal – has the practice looking pretty guilty. It apparently spikes ...

Rep. Pricey Harrison, D-Guilford, has introduced a bill that would make it illegal for electric public utilities in North Carolina to purchase, or use, coal derived from dynamiting mountaintops in ...

And, yea, in the mountains and down through all the valleys of the ancient land of Appalachia, hearts were filled with joy, for here was a prophet of hope who was signaling that a change was coming — ...

I'm not in favor of mountaintop removal, OK? I'm not. But I'm also not willing to say that we're not going to mine coal in Tennessee anymore. Tennessee environmentalists say that statement by Bill ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Sponsors of a measure to ban mountaintop removal coal mining in Tennessee say they plan to bring the legislation back next year after a Senate panel killed it Wednesday. The ...

On May 3, I took a day off from work to travel to Richmond for Dominion Resources Inc.’s annual shareholders meeting. Dominion Resources owns Dominion Virginia Power, the commonwealth’s largest ...

Mountaintop removal is polluting water, flattening mountains and hurting communities in Appalachia, yet this extreme form of coal mining persists. As a concerned citizen, I am appalled that this form ...

VICCO, Ky. -- -- VICCO, Ky. -- Benny Campbell experiences mountaintop mining day and night. His bed is rattled by the blasting. Gray dust blankets his porch and car if a few days go by without rain.

Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), an ardent defender of coal mining in his home state, promised Thursday to fight the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to veto a major mountaintop removal ...