Kentucky citizens’ law group finds 40 percent of state’s active coal strip mines are “functionally abandoned.”
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—With a federal investigation into technically active but non-producing “zombie” mines set to begin in March, a citizens law group in Kentucky has found production idled at nearly 40 percent of all active coal strip mines in the state, with some not mined in more than a de’cade.
Congressional Office Agrees to Investigate ‘Zombie’ Coal Mines
Railroad Commissioner Jim Wright led the agency’s efforts to reform oilfield waste rules. Oil billionaires are now backing Bo French to unseat him.
Jim Wright ran for the Railroad Commission of Texas six years ago as a reformer. But his reforms drew the ire of powerful oil tycoons who are now trying to unseat him.
Oil Tycoon Funds Far-Right Candidate Challenging Texas Oilfield Regulator
A proposed data center campus in Muscogee County has become a flashpoint in Georgia’s expanding AI infrastructure boom. Residents say development is beginning to outpace public understanding—and some fear the land itself may bear the cost.
COLUMBUS, Ga.—At the corner of McKee and Macon Road, a rock has long carried the language of a community—birthdays, graduations, small celebrations left in paint, shared between neighbors.
Data Center Boom Reaches West Georgia, Raising Questions Amid Mounting Opposition
Climate Change
A Hunger Strike Ends, but an ‘Unreasonable’ Woman’s Battle Against Corporate Polluters Marches On
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The Resistance, Part 1: With an army of lawyers, an activist legend squares off against polluting industries along the Texas coast she calls home.
A Hunger Strike Ends, but an ‘Unreasonable’ Woman’s Battle Against Corporate Polluters Marches On
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