“These coal mining plants that are shutting down ... Sims studies energy at UTK’s Baker School. The University of Tennessee has a big idea that’s catching on. “The coal ash itself has ...

The coal mines of the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company were some of the largest employers of convict laborers. Coal mines were dangerous for all workers. Collapsing mines, suffocation ...

A Boone County coal mine had a long history of safety and environmental violations leading up to a miner death there last ...

Journalist Jared Sullivan recounted the day of December 22, 2008, when more than a billion gallons of coal ash covered hundreds of acres in the Kingston, Tennessee, region, resulting in one of the ...

The Tungsten mining project in Melur block was cancelled by the Modi government to protect the local population and ...

For the people of Gillette, dropping coal… Nation’s largest coal mining company files for bankruptcy protection Peabody Energy, the country's largest coal company, filed for Chapter 11 ...