"… to open up 7,400 acres of public land in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin to coal mining. The Natural Resources Defense Council said an estimated 758 million tons …"

"… anch is located.“There’s no question that there will always be dust in coal mining,” Dr. Edward Petsonk, a physician and professor at West Virginia Univers …"

"… some have argued.“If you’re going to make a big portion of underground coal mining uneconomic, what does that do for employment and meeting the nation’s en …"

"… Hal Quinn took aim at the agency in a prepared statement: “Jeopardizing coal mining activity throughout Appalachia will put more than 77,000 high-wage mining …"

"… d health, David Lauriski, joined the department after three decades in the coal mining industry, including stints as a board member of the Utah Mining Associatio …"

"… a, a Democrat who represents a district in southwestern Pennsylvania where coal mining has been a way of life for several generations, came into Congress in 1974 …"

"… inally from West Virginia, another state whose economy relies heavily upon coal mining.There have been great improvements in the conditions in which miners toil: …"

"… out what’s happening in northern Appalachia — the capital of longwall coal mining, a little-known but devastating extraction method that collapses the groun …"

"… s cleared the way for a resurgence of environmentally damaging mountaintop coal mining, using a rule change that legalized filling valleys with debris. The resul …"