Across Appalachia, rust-colored water seeps from abandoned coal mines, staining rocks orange and coating stream beds with metals. These acidic discharges, known as acid mine drainage, are among the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Acid mine waste turns rocks orange along Shamokin Creek in Pennsylvania. Jake C/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Across Appalachia, ...

A federal judge has issued a contempt order against a Kentucky coal company for the third consecutive year after it failed to make progress toward cleaning up polluted mine sites. The Associated Press ...

A coal mine in southeastern B.C. is seeking to expand operations as an investigation is underway into cross-border water pollution from mining in the area. Glencore-owned Elk Valley Resources, which ...

The Kentucky Senate on Friday voted 30-to-5 to pass a controversial bill that would benefit the coal industry by making it easier to pollute more water sources without getting in trouble with state ...

WASHINGTON — The chemical spill that contaminated water for hundreds of thousands in West Virginia was only the latest and most high-profile case of coal sullying the nation's waters. For decades, ...

Coal mining and coal-fired power plants have negatively impacted the health and environment of the Diné and other tribal communities. Proposed legislation aims to expand coal mining on public lands, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Hélène Nguemgaing, University of Maryland and Alan Collins, West Virginia University ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Across Appalachia, rust-colored water seeps from abandoned coal mines, staining rocks orange and coating stream beds with metals. These acidic discharges, known as acid mine ...