When Massey's Spartan Mining bought the West Virginia coal mine where they once worked but refused to rehire more than 200 miners over the age of 40, they filed suit -- and won. More...

Massey Energy has begun mountaintop removal mining operations atop Coal River Mountain, where environmental advocates have been promoting alternative plans for utility-scale wind power. More...

Coal industry supporters turned out in big numbers for public hearings held yesterday in the Appalachian coalfields -- and their behavior had some environmentalists crying foul. More...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold public hearings this week in West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania on the particularly destructive form of strip mining. The hearings come as the Obama administration and others are taking a hard look at the practice. More...

A recent study by staff with the Nature Conservancy purports to show that renewable energy sources like wind turbines use up more land than coal mining -- a conclusion debunked by Dr. Matt Wasson of Appalachian Voices. More...

Citizens for Coal founder Roger Horton of West Virginia made the remark in a radio interview. It comes in response to the Obama's administration's announcement that it would take a closer look at the proposed mining operations, which it says raise water quality and environmental concerns. More...

The phone company touts its environmental record and efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. So what's it doing sponsoring an event organized by polluting interests? More...

The President has nominated Joseph Pizarchik to head the federal agency that regulates coal mining practices. Pointing to his pro-industry record as a mining regulator in Pennsylvania, environmentalists are calling on Senators to vote no. More...

Tennessee's tourism industry is under fire because of a proposal by U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander to end destructive coal mining practices. The boycott comes amid heightening tensions over mountaintop removal. More...

On Saturday, a group of 20 men and women -- some of them wearing Massey Energy-issued shirts -- crashed a West Virginia music festival against mountaintop mining removal and threatened attendees. The disturbing incident was captured on video. More...

An appeals court rules that Massey Energy -- the nation's fourth-largest mining company and a major mountaintop removal operator -- must give jobs back to 85 mine workers it fired because of their union membership and pro-union sentiments. More...

A resident of West Virginia's Coal River Valley, Bo Webb urges the former vice president and climate protection advocate to join the fight against the especially destructive form of mining. More...

A Senate hearing on the destructive mining practice suggests a consensus is developing that it needs to stop. More...

A protest yesterday at a Massey Energy mountaintop removal mine in West Virginia drew big names including NASA climate scientist James Hansen and actress Darryl Hannah as well as scores of counter-protesters, and it reportedly turned violent at moments. On Thursday, the Senate will hold a hearing on the impact of the destructive mining practice -- but will elected leaders take action to stop it? More...

Foes of mountaintop removal mining are gathering in North Carolina this weekend for a benefit concert featuring coalfields native Kathy Mattea, with the aim of building a new elementary school for an Appalachian community endangered by destructive mining practices. More...

In a precedent-setting case involving Appalachian mountaintop removal mining giant Massey Energy, a closely divided high court says elected judges must step aside from cases involving big campaign contributors. More...

In a victory for environmentalists working to halt the destruction of Appalachia, Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee resigned his position with Massey Energy of Virginia. He was the target of a letter-writing campaign that charged the association undermined his credibility as a clean-energy advocate. More...

A Massey Energy subsidiary plans to begin blasting for coal just 100 feet away from a dam holding back 7 billion gallons of toxic coal sludge. Should the dam break, the company itself expects that as many as 988 people would die. Is this really the best way to power America? More...

As coal companies intensify their assault on Appalachia, the White House sends mixed signals about mountaintop removal. Will the Obama administration take action to halt the destruction? More...

Facing South writers Desiree Evans and Sue Sturgis weigh in on Obama's record on two critical issues for the South: energy policy and Gulf Coast recovery. More...