Black lung disease strikes 1 in 5 longtime coal miners in Central Appalachia
Strike up a conversation in southeastern Kentucky and it likely will be with somebody whose father, uncle, brother, son or grandfather has died of black...
Author: Elizabeth McGowan
Beyond Lip Service: Why can’t Congress fund an Rx for Appalachian coal country?
WHITESBURG, Ky.—Clinton Sanders can never gulp quite enough air. At night, he is tethered to an oxygen machine. And his constant daytime companion is a...
Science Matters: D.C. area creek off limits to homebuilder, court rules
WASHINGTON—With the federal government intent on shredding safeguards for some streams and wetlands, environmentalists were parched for proof that not all waterways need be in...