Today, a coalition of conservation groups sued Aurevo Resources and its officers for more than 50 violations of the Surface ...

Fifteen community facilities are receiving technical support and grant funding through the Southwest Virginia Building ...

Black lung disease is on the rise in Appalachia, and the Trump-Vance administration’s actions are making it worse. Black lung disease is a fatal but preventable disease caused by the dust resulting ...

For years, residents across Appalachia have raised concerns about the air they breathe near coal mines, haul roads, landfills ...

In the dwindling light of a hot summer day evaporating through the understory of the Nantahala National Forest, a team of biologists takes positions around a column of dead hemlock wood. Soon, little ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Today, Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger announced the 2026 Virginia Energy Plan. The scenarios modeled in the plan reveal that maximizing flexibility and minimizing fossil ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Coal miners, their families and medical professionals from Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia gathered in the nation’s capitol yesterday to meet with senators and ...

Foraging is the act of gathering plants and fungi for food and medicine. Humans in Appalachia and beyond have always foraged, but now, social media influencers and online community groups are using ...

At an Oval Office event Thursday, President Trump announced that $700 million in taxpayer money would be spent on keeping existing coal plants running, re-opening a closed coal plant in Maryland, ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the House Appropriations Committee voted to advance its Interior and Environment funding bill for Fiscal Year 2027. During the meeting to consider the bill, U.S. Rep. Riley ...

COAL COUNTRY — Advocates from across coal communities celebrated the introduction of three bills today to address the root causes of the “zombie mine” crisis — the increasing number of non-producing, ...

A mid-March snowstorm blankets the Quarry Drive site. Photo by Jared Ring ‘I still remember the moment when the first bulldozer pass broke through the autumn olives, and the fog winding its way along ...