Turning from deep well mining to mountaintop removal mining or surface mining isn't just environmentally cataclysmic; it's devastating to the cultural heritage of West Virginia.

BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — A former superintendent at West Virginia's Upper Big Branch mine — where an explosion killed 29 — will learn his fate afte...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — A former president of Massey Energy's White Buck Coal Co. will enter a plea on federal conspiracy charges in January as pro...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Separate accidents at two West Virginia coal operations Friday left one worker dead, two others ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Federal prosecutors investigating the West Virginia mine explosion that killed 29 men widened their net Wednesday, filing crimina...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Federal inspectors must share the blame — and therefore face a lawsuit — for a 2006 West Virginia coal mine fire that k...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Alpha Natural Resources has significantly cut its accident and injury rates in the six months since a landmark $210 million settl...

Annenberg Weingarten's gift, like the very heritage he explores, is a wonderful legacy, and one that the rest of the nation needs to know as they flip on their lights and electricity each day.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia coal mine where an explosion killed 29 men two years ago Thursday will be permanently sealed with concret...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration could have prevented or reduced the likelihood of an April 2010 explosion in so...

One of the most important film documentaries in years, turning the light on the dark side of all mining, Coal Rush faithfully documents the long-running legal proceedings until the final settlement in the summer of 2011.

The scale of the problem really does call for radical action. But what should we do? Give up driving automobiles altogether to reduce CO2 emissions? Stop fighting infant mortality to slow the relentless population growth that now crowds the planet with over seven billion humans?

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — An independent documentary chronicling the fight that hundreds of southern West Virginia residents waged against Massey Ene...

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BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia mine safety officials issued 253 violations in their investigation of the Upper Big Branch disaster and targeted...

Federal prosecutors in West Virginia filed criminal charges on Wednesday against a former senior supervisor of the Upper Big Branch coal mine, where a...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Federal prosecutors investigating the West Virginia coal mine explosion that killed 29 men are working their way up the corp...

Drug testing for miners has become a crucial component of the safety legislation under consideration in West Virginia in the wake of the Upper Big Bra...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A lawyer suing the former Massey Energy Co. says investors might have made better decisions about putting money into the coa...