The legislation would require a study on the effects of strip mining in Appalachia. House Democrats on Wednesday unveiled legislation that would restart a long-stalled federal study looking at exactly ...

Until three years ago, Sam Gilbert’s neighborhood in this secluded mountain nook consisted of vegetation, salamanders in the creek and lush mountain peaks. Then a noisy strip mining operation hunkered ...

A Small Oil Company Polluted Midland’s Water Reserve. The Cleanup Has Dragged on for Years. Duke Energy Plans to Build a Massive Natural Gas Power Plant in Davidson County. But Where, Exactly? New EPA ...