Letcher County was 1 of 13 counties ravaged by catastrophic flooding in 2022, a situation exacerbated by damage strip mining caused to local watersheds. The prison slated for Roxana will ...

A recent study out of the BMJ medical journal found that private equity acquisitions in every health-care setting “were most closely associated with up to a 32 per cent increase in costs for payers ...

Strip mining for phosphate rock violently transforms the environment, irreparably changing the character of the natural landscape. In many cases mines displace plants and animals and eat up thousands ...

Lawmakers in Georgia House again take up legislation intended to protect the Okefenokee from future strip mining efforts ...

Mining infrastructure has had a negative impact on water quality. Strip mining for bauxite is inherently disruptive. Industry experts acknowledge that loss of land, disturbance of wildlife ...

Two House bills, HB 561 and HB 562, are being considered by a state House subcommittee to protect the Okefenokee National ...