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Coal industry win is temporary, fate of plants still in air

June 30, 2015 By Matthew Brown

A divided Supreme Court ruled against the Obama administration's attempt to limit power plant emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants.

Study: Cutting carbon dioxide saves 3,500 U.S. lives a year

May 5, 2015 By Seth Borenstein

The study from Harvard and Syracuse University calculates the decline in heart attacks and lung disease when soot and smog are reduced.

“One of Us”: Murder mystery in coal mining town

March 31, 2015 By Camillo Santo

O'Dell's observations about life in the contemporary coal region from a historical perspective are dead-on accurate.

Trial and justice delayed for Blankenship, the coal criminal

February 13, 2015 By John Milam

In the world of capitalism, King Coal, and the law, things don't always go as the people might expect.

Miners’ families welcome indictment of Massey Energy CEO Blankenship

November 14, 2014 By John Raby

A federal grand jury indicted the former Massey Energy CEO on numerous counts of conspiracy in the Apr. 2010 underground explosion that killed 29 men.