The story illustrates the contrast between their past in the mountains and their uncertain future in the city. Keywords Appalachia, coal mining, family, transition, urban life, Cincinnati ...

I carry coal company scrip in a little zipper pouch in my wallet everywhere I go. It’s a few little coins, with holes punched ...

I was born in Appalachia. I am proud of my mountain heritage ... There is no safe way to mine coal. There is no clean way to mine, transport, burn and dispose of coal. Not now.

The CDC unit that dramatically reduced Black Lung Disease among coal miners has been fired in Trump's sweeping overhaul of ...

The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration is among the federal agencies selected for spending cuts by the Department of ...

The CDC unit that monitored all coal workers' health, including black lung disease, is gone. Their physicians wonder, "Now what?" ...

Sam Petsonk grew up around southern West Virginia's mining communities, visiting patients with his father, one of the country's first doctors to specialize in Black Lung Disease. "When I was a ...

But Albania has a few other advantages: Its mountains ... mining, drilling, and burning fossil fuels has left large swathes of Appalachia covered in a big, toxic mess. Billions of tons of coal ...

WIND+SOLAR OVER TOOK COAL: Wind and solar now at 17% of US electricity supply; coal falls to a record low of 15%. Only 6 years ago in 2018, coal generation was x3 that of wind and solar🤯 pic ...