Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two former state and federal mining regulators say state and federal authorities should investigate the role strip mining played ...

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 ...

Two former mining regulators want an investigation into just how badly strip mining impacted the recent, deadly Eastern Kentucky floods. “If you get an area that has been strip mined, and the soil has ...

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