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First longwall mine in six years underway

By Kristen Lombardi

January 12, 2009

Score one for King Coal in northern Appalachia. Today’s boom in the coalfields of southwestern Pennsylvania — where the 42.7 million tons ex

Oversight collapse leads to mine safety issues

By The Center for Public Integrity

December 10, 2008

Failures of mine safety oversight body blamed for fatal disasters

The hidden costs of clean coal

By The Center for Public Integrity

January 12, 2009

The environmental and human disaster of longwall mining

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The big seep

By Kristen Lombardi

January 12, 2009

Longwall mining is draining the water from the springs and streams of northern Appalachia

Documents

By The Center for Public Integrity

January 12, 2009

Some of the pages scoured while investigating longwall mining's societal and environmental impact.

Resources

By The Center for Public Integrity

January 12, 2009

Websites of coal companies and citizens groups, as well as studies about and lawsuits over the impacts of longwall mining.

Excerpts from this story referencing "underground mining":

"… unded by the Raymond Proffitt Foundation.12. Two studies on the effects of underground mining on structures, streams, and water supplies by Pennsylvania Department …"

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