Today, most people visiting our public lands are aware of the principles of Leave No Trace. One easy way to remember the 7 ...

The best kayaking in Kentucky actually takes place below the surface, in an underground limestone mine.

U.S. Rep. Harold “Hal” Rogers recently announced final passage of the Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water ...

Historic coal mining communities could lose hundreds of millions of dollars after a U.S. House bill pulls crucial funding for ...

The House passed a bill to repurpose $500 million meant for cleaning up coal country’s environmental and safety hazards.

Affiliates of Connecticut-based Murphy Road Recycling have signed an option to develop up to 1,500 acres in eastern Kentucky into a landfill. MRR is part of a collection of New England companies led ...

The demise of the coal industry left much of Appalachia in economic tatters, with lost jobs, spoiled water, and depopulated ...

New Jersey lawmakers are moving to plug the state’s most dangerous abandoned mines, the same hidden hazards blamed for sinkholes that swallowed sections of I-80 earlier this year, under a bill that ...

The Rush Township supervisors approved a conditional use permit this week for a solar project that would repurpose nearly 2,000 acres of abandoned strip coal mining land. Contingent on the approval of ...