Aug. 5 (UPI) --The Department of the Interior announced Tuesday it has approved a mining plan modification for the Rosebud Mine in Montana. The decision for the 25,000-acre strip mine in Rosebud and ...

Strip mining has forever altered the Appalachian landscape by cutting off mountaintops to get at low sulfur deposits more cheaply and safely than underground mining allows. Now, after 20 years of ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Noah Adams talked about his book Far Appalachia: Following the New River North, published by Delacorte Press. He discusses how the coal industry and ...

First of two parts: Girardville, a tiny, past-its-prime coal town hidden in the Schuylkill County mountains, could be worth ...

The Rosebud coal mine near Colstrip is at the center of a long legal battle over air pollution and heat-trapping gas. It is slated to operate until 2039. The Interior Department has signed off on the ...