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A growing body of research shows that people living near mountaintop removal coal mines face increased risks of disease linked to pollutants in air and…
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An area roughly the size of Delaware has been mined for coal in Appalachia using mountaintop removal, according to a new study published in the journal…
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The prestigious National Academy of Sciences is pursuing private funding to complete a study of the health effects of mountaintop removal coal mining…
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For more than a decade Ohio Valley residents have been asking government agencies to respond to science that links coal mining to health problems in…
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The Trump administration’s Department of the Interior has asked the National Academy of Sciences to suspend research into the health effects of…
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A committee with National Academy of Sciences has started work on a study of the health effects of surface mining in central Appalachia. The eleven-member…
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Congress is enacting a little-used provision this week to turn back Obama-era regulations on coal mining near streams. The House of Representatives is…
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The prestigious National Academy of Sciences recently announced a comprehensive study on the health effects of the controversial coal mining practice…
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This week a federal agency announced it will fund a million dollar review of current research on links between surface coal mining and human health risks.…
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A St. Louis-based coal company with mines throughout the region has agreed to phase out its mountaintop removal sites. Patriot Coal agreed to the measure…