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Arch Resources' underground coal mining in West Virginia is releasing methane and causing subsidence that residents say endangers them.
Part I: An Ugly Overview A few days ago I stood on the rim of what was once Kayford Mountain in southern West Virginia. Razed, stripped and gutted, the mountain is now a 7,500-acre blast zone devoid of vegetation, a massive gray scar that looks like the surface of the moon. Journalists survey a mountaintop…
In lawsuits targeting the coal operator Arch, residents contend that mining activity has disrupted their lives and emitted a gas that threatens their safety and the planet.
The top ranks are occupied by specialist medical professionals like oncologists, orthodontists and paediatricians, with salaries exceeding £100,000 a year.
Montana pro-coal laws land in court again