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With the Halloween season upon us, pumpkin patches, haunted houses and corn mazes are popping up all over. This year, in ...

What drives Trump’s politics is nostalgia for the age of coal, when dirty fuel and no environmental regulations created his ...

Coal miners, their family members, and union representatives rallied outside of the US Department of Labor’s headquarters in ...

The North Fork Nooksack River tumbles past town, creating gorgeous waterfalls and swimming holes. Chair 9 Pizza serves up the perfect combination of hot pizza and cold beer after mountain adventures.

Indonesia is one of the few countries still building new coal power plants, the most polluting sources of power. Chinese ...

Cawood was unafraid to challenge the region’s powerful coal industry as an attorney and one-term state legislator.

A rare surviving example of a 17th century mine in Blackburn, which was once visited by King James I, is a reminder of the ...

As one of Wyoming's youngest towns, Wright is celebrating its 50th year in existence this year. It may have started as a camp ...

Stephen C. “Steve” Cawood, an Eastern Kentucky lawyer who championed coal miners, clean water and better schools, died Oct.

Federal officials have rejected a mining company’s bid for 1.3 million tons of coal beneath a national forest in Utah. It's ...

Explore these abandoned Pennsylvania coal towns where history lingers. Silent streets, lost stories, and haunting industrial ...