coal

U.S. officials in the coming days are set to hold the government's biggest coal sales in more than a decade, offering 600 million tons from publicly owned reserves next to strip mines in Montana and Wyoming. Administration officials have advanced coal mine expansions and lease sales in Utah, North Dakota, Tennessee and Alabama, in addition to Montana and Wyoming.

Mine workers are still on strike at two coal mines after union members rejected a contract proposal. The United Mine Workers of America said the…

There were a number of audiences being targeted during the race for the Presidency. One that hits home here in Alabama were coal workers. That energy…

Power utilities in Alabama and across the country are facing tough decisions on how to store all the ash their coal-fired power plants generate.Last week…

Mine workers in Alabama are headed to Washington today.They’ll be joining other members of the United Mine Workers of America in a rally. The…

New funding is set to help Alabama coal communities. APR Student Reporter Allison Mollenkamp has more…The Southern Research Institute and the Shoals…

NASA is building a new satellite to study air pollution and scientists are gathering in Huntsville to learn how to use it.A workshop for new air quality…

A workshop today in Tuscaloosa was expected to help Alabama communities that lost coal mining jobs.The Appalachian Regional Authority spoke about how…

A legal group has filed a complaint against an Alabama Supreme Court justice over his public comments against same-sex marriage.The Southern Poverty Law…

Alabama's utility regulators are supporting coal and opposing federal efforts to limit fossil fuel emissions.Alabama Public Service commissioners Twinkle…