MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – Bankrupt Patriot Coal Corp. agreed Thursday to become the first U.S. coal operator to phase out and eventually stop all large-scale mountaintop removal mining in central ...

In the wake of the publication of an extremely high-impact article in Science magazine which says that mountaintop removal mining has enormous environmental impacts which can’t possibly be mitigated, ...

A flat plateau once damaged by mountaintop removal coal mining has been given a new purpose as the site of a consolidated high school designed to become an educational centre for central Appalachia.

A mountaintop removal coal mine in West Virginia. A new study details the way this type of mining can damage local streams.Orjan F. Ellingvag / Corbis Recent examinations of the health and ...

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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 ...

“People who live in mountaintop removal communities compared to others have higher rates of lung disease, heart disease, cancer, birth defects and other types of health problems,” Hendryx said.

Opponents of mountaintop coal mining haven't given up after Tennessee senators, in what they called "a calculated act of political cowardice," last week delayed a vote on the Scenic Vistas Protection ...

When Al Gore presented Pittsboro, N.C., filmmaker Michael O’Connell with the award for best documentary at this year’s Nashville Film Festival, he didn’t just rattle off a prepared speech and smile ...

As often happens at AEI, people ask for my take on environmental news stories, such as this one regarding a battle over mountaintop coal mining. Recently, Nick Schulz asked me about an article ...