Saturday marks the 15th anniversary of the deadliest mine disaster in more than half a century at the Upper Big Branch mine.

How about if the waste from doing it is dumped straight into mountain streams? Mountaintop removal is a radical form of coal mining in which the tops of mountains are literally blasted off to access .

On April 5, 2010, an explosion in a coal mine near Montcoal, in West Virginia's Raleigh County, killed 29 workers.

But if the coal sector does rebound, it'd be a boon for thousands of laid-off miners and struggling ... In the clip shown here, West Virginia miners discuss their battle with "black lung," a ...

RICHMOND, Va. (CN) —The Fourth Circuit on Thursday heard from a West Virginia county seeking accountability from coal mining companies responsible for waste dumps, which it claims harm the Johnson ...

Coal mining in West Virginia, meanwhile ... we all may be better off. I hope so.” Clark said the federal government should not cut down on inspectors and said black lung benefits need to ...

(The Center Square) – West Virginia continues to push other states to protect its coal industry. Attorney General J.B. McCuskey is urging Maryland House and Senate leaders to table a bill that ...

When Virginia seceded from the Union in 1861, the portion now known as West Virginia broke off to form its own state ... and logging and coal mining both remain important parts of the state ...