Coal industry lawyers predictably attacked a recent study that found a link between Appalachia mountaintop removal mines and higher rates of birth defects. And what better way to discredit the 5-year ...

A few weeks ago, we posted about a new study linking mountaintop removal coal mining with increased incidence of birth defects. The study by researchers at West Virginia University examined two ...

The law firm of Crowell & Moring, which represents the National Mining Association, was none too pleased with a new West Virginia University study showing that mountaintop removal mining may cause ...

I am wondering if it’s true that there are, or were, inbred families or communities that live(d) in the Ozark Mountains. Was it just the movie Deliverance that led people to believe that? –Josh from ...