There are important distinctions in cancer diagnoses and deaths among different regions of Appalachia, with certain areas ...

A coal mine was the first to wreck the land. Now activists want to keep another extractive industry from taking root there: ...

The U.S. is dotted with piles of coal refuse, the waste produced from coal mining and processing ... it could create jobs that were lost in Appalachia with the downturn of the coal industry.

Fewer people than before are being diagnosed with and dying from cancer in Appalachia, but cancer incidence and death rates ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Center for Biological Diversity and Appalachian Voices today sued the U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for ...

Central Appalachia is home to the third-largest ... Rural communities here once relied on coal mining jobs. As the mines shut down, with the last closing in 2022, the valley was left with ...

The Radical Teacher No. 102, Summer 2015 Resource Wars: An On the Ground Understa... Resource Wars: An On the Ground Understanding of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining in Appalachia, West Virginia This ...

Fewer people than before are being diagnosed with and dying from cancer in Appalachia, but cancer incidence and death rates remain substantially higher, especially in certain areas of Central ...

It's due to the decline of coal jobs, the decline of rural economies and the horrific addiction epidemic across Appalachian Kentucky. This damaged pride manifested as shame, which provided fertile ...

The Center for Biological Diversity and Appalachian Voices filed a formal notice today of their intent to sue the U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement and the U.S. Fish and ...