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The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration says coal-mining related deaths have reached a record low in Kentucky where a single miner died last…
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With just days left before a Congressional deadline, advocates for black lung treatment are still pushing Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell to secure funding…
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Central Appalachia is in the midst of an unprecedented epidemic of black lung disease, an illness that afflicts coal miners. There is no cure for black…
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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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A mine disaster fifty years ago in West Virginia helped shape a new regulatory framework for the health and safety of coal miners. Surviving family members are still looking for justice.
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From solar farms in Virginia to a green energy subdivision in Kentucky, a new report by a group of regional advocacy organizations highlights 20…
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In eastern Kentucky’s Pike County, some residents have suffered numerous damaging flash floods. State inspectors say the floods were made worse by a…
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As President Trump attempts to revive the struggling coal industry, the administration’s top regulator for mine safety used a recent lecture at West…
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In back-to-back events this week President Trump and his commerce secretary visited the Ohio Valley to tout administration policies aimed at propping up…
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When former coal mine employees in western Kentucky faced arraignment Wednesday on federal charges that they conspired to falsify the required monitoring…