Strip mining and mountaintop removal are the best known forms of surface mining, in which vegetation, soil and rock overlying the mineral deposits are scraped away.

In past flooding, hydrologists have calculated runoff 1,000 times greater than without mining. Scientists say climate change will intensify heavy rains.

State & federal mining regulators say the role of strip mining in the Eastern Kentucky floods should be investigated. Climate change will intensify heavy rains.

Bitcoin mining has reached a record high – but the “dirty secret” of the cryptocurrency continues to rumble underneath.

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Fossil Fuels Drowning Deaths Last Summer From Flooding in Eastern Kentucky’s Coal Country Linked to Poor Strip-Mine Reclamation A social justice group asks the Interior Department to review the ...

The Georgia Environmental Protection Division has issued draft permits for a controversial strip-mining project near the Okefenokee Swamp.

A public meeting that could help decide the fate of a proposed strip-mining project next to the Okefenokee Swamp will take place Tuesday night.

Hawley added that Calhoun is "strip mining" Boeing, "one of the greatest American companies ever ... for profit and shareholder value, and you're being rewarded for it." ...

Strip mining and the coal industry made flooding in Eastern Kentucky worse, former coal regulators said. They want an investigation. Nearly 40 people died.

Mother Nature can be found in the heart of the Okefenokee. Please protect the beloved Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge by denying permits to any strip mining operation in or around the swamp.

Two former state and federal mining regulators say state and federal authorities should investigate the role strip mining played in last month's devastating and deadly flooding in Eastern Kentucky ...