The tiny town of Benham, Kentucky, was originally built to serve the coal mining industry. Now it's embracing solar energy. Benham, population 500, will soon get an array of solar panels atop the ...

The legacy of coal is not beautiful nor clean. Coal destroys lives. It's time to move on from an industry that exploits people and our planet.

I can’t say that I anticipated just the wholesale closure of every mine safety office in eastern Kentucky,” he said. Locations include ...

They have a saying in eastern Kentucky-- "Wait 'till the bushes grow green." It is a password, an admonition, and a desperate expression of hope among coal miners fighting for a lost propsperity.

Currently in Kentucky, two emergency trained workers are required at mines while they’re producing coal, no matter the size. But Republican politicians claim this disadvantages mine operators who use ...