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mountaintop-removal mining

The Promise and Peril of Fueling the Clean Energy Transition

Could the green energy revolution start in one of the reddest states?

By Amal Ahmed August 14, 2023

In this story: clean energy, mining, mountaintop-removal mining, climate change, federal policy

A mining family man worries about the impacts of large-scale gold mining

By Aaron Teasdale October 10, 2017

In this story: mountaintop-removal mining, saving wild places

A Netflix documentary examines a state’s love for the industry that’s killing it

By Joanna Nix May 12, 2017

In this story: film, coal, mountaintop-removal mining

A mountaintop-removal coal mine threatens Fayetteville's new outdoor-adventure economy

By Jesse Wood September 30, 2012

In this story: coal, adventure, mountaintop-removal mining

Coal mining in Appalachia destroys more than mountains

By Daniel McGlynn March 1, 2012

In this story: coal, mountaintop-removal mining