These miners' willingness to talk openly about their experiences provides a window into what life is like for the many Appalachian miners still struggling with the disease.
There's a delicate calculation that goes into environmental regulations for air pollution -- the number of jobs in coal and other polluting industries we're willing to save versus the number of premature deaths as a result of pollution.
The brilliant rust orange iron oxide that’s pulled out of waterways polluted with acid mine drainage is finding its way into the hands of artists and craftsmen.
