How This Georgia Town Fought Back Against Toxic Coal Dumping
A landfill in a small town in Georgia was set to be the site for a waste-dumping company to haul about 10,000 tons of toxic coal ash. But after a 15-month campaign led by the community and local...
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Interior Department scraps Obama-era rule on coal royalties
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said on Monday the Interior Department would scrap an Obama-era rule on coal royalties that mining companies had criticized as burdensome and costly. File photo by Brendan...
View ArticleHow Environmentalists And Coal Workers Worked Together To Save An Upstate NY...
Elizabeth McGowan, an independent energy and environment reporter, discusses her recent article for Grist, "Rising from the ashes, a Buffalo suburb ends its dependence on coal." McGowan looks at how...
View Article275- Coal Hogs Work Safe
Coal miner stickers started out as little advertisements that the manufacturers of mining equipment handed out. Even before the late 1960s, when mining safety laws started requiring reflective...
View ArticleKing Coal
Donald Trump’s promise to end what he called the war on coal played a critical role in his presidential campaign. On a “King Coal” edition of “Truth, Politics and Power,” host Neal Conan asks what...
View ArticleYoung Workers See New Opportunities in Coal Country
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segmentDuring the 2016 presidential campaign, there was much attention drawn to America's fading coal industry. And while modest signs of recovery...
View ArticleCoal Industry Falling Out of Favor with European Insurance Companies
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segmentIn Europe, insurance companies are increasingly debating whether they should be insuring industries that heavily pollute and contribute to climate...
View ArticleWill Appalachia's Natural Gas Boom Follow Coal's Troubled Path?
As West Virginia's coal industry falters, many are putting their hopes on natural gas. Investigative reporter Ken Ward Jr. of the The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports on whether West Virginia is making...
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View ArticleAdministration Puts Forward 'Affordable Clean Energy' Rule to Replace Clean...
On Tuesday, the EPA formally announced plans to replace the Clean Power Plan with the “Affordable Clean Energy” rule, which would give states the authority to decide how much to cut emissions. It will...
View ArticleProposed Rule Would Limit EPA's Ability to Regulate Mercury, Other Pollutants
The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing a rule that would impact the government's ability to regulate mercury, a byproduct of burning coal. Andrew Wheeler, the acting director of the EPA, was...
View ArticleWest Virginia's "Genius" Watchdog
Nearly two years since the 2016 Presidential Election, much of the press are still covering so-called "Trump country" using a series of simplistic narratives, blaming these states for Trump and...
View ArticleLast Man on the Mountain – Updated
A few years ago, we produced a story about the greatest underdog we'd ever met: Jimmy Weekley. Jimmy was the last remaining resident of Pigeonroost Hollow, West Virginia. Jimmy spent most of the last...
View ArticleCoal Ash, Soil Loss, Sap, Bristlecone Pines. April 5, 2019, Part 1
Maple tapping season is underway in the sugar maple stands of the United States. Warm days and below-freezing nights kick off a cycle of sap flow crucial for maple syrup production. But why is the flow...
View ArticleDegrees Of Change: Sea Level Rise, Coal-Use Decline. May 17, 2019, Part 1
As the frequency of tropical storms and droughts increase and sea levels rise with climate change, forested wetlands along the Atlantic coast are slowly filling with dead and dying trees. The...
View ArticleScuttling Science
Advisory panels slashed, environmental regulations rolled back – how the Trump administration uses questionable science to justify its policies.Don’t miss out on the next big story. Get the Weekly...
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View ArticleAsk A Dentist. Feb. 21, 2020, Part 1
Brushing Up On Tooth ScienceMost of us spend our time at the dentist holding our mouths open, saying “ahhh,” and occasionally sticking out our tongues. But if you could ask a dentist anything, what...
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