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Kentuckians for the Commonwealth asks the federal government to investigate how surface coal mining in Eastern Kentucky exacerbated deadly flooding.
A Kentucky advocacy group is calling on the federal government to launch an investigation into whether a legacy of surface coal mining in Eastern Kentucky exacerbated the catastrophic, deadly flooding
U.S. District Court Judge Donald W. Molloy issued a ruling that says if Signal Peak Energy wants to expand its coal operations near Roundup, it must conduct an environmental assessment.
In a letter to the federal Office of Surface Mining and Enforcement, Montana DEQ officials say the the state’s only underground coal mine is not in violation of environmental law.
In Southern Ohio, a child drawing a stream might reach for an orange crayon due to the pollution from old coal mines that have turned the waterways orange for nearly 50 years. Two Ohio University professors have formed an alliance between the arts and engineering to address this environmental issue.