Energy and Environment

This story was updated on June 16, 2020, at 4:50 p.m. to include a statement from the Environmental Protection Agency. The rain poured down for hours on…

With kids cooped up inside their homes and classroom instruction happening remotely, we thought it would be a great time to take another listen to an…

Ten years ago, on April 5, 2010, 29 men who worked at an underground coal mine in Raleigh County, West Virginia, lost their lives. The Upper Big Branch…

Stories about Appalachia tend to fall into two camps-- quaint stories about cultural oddities, or reports about grim health and economic statics that our…

Inside Appalachia Associate Producer Eric Douglas began his journalism career in Matewan, West Virginia nearly 30 years ago. He recently revisited the…

Eric Gardner has a different perspective than most about the rivers in central Appalachia. That’s because he spends most of his time in them. Gardner is a…

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has told voters in coal-producing Kentucky that it's possible to be a friend of coal miners and a…

Across Appalachia, thousands of coal miners have suffered from black lung disease. In the 1960s, miners organized a movement to end the chronic condition.…

The recent rise of oil and gas drilling across West Virginia has raised questions about industry regulation and taxation. Many bear a striking resemblance…

There’s a town in Kanawha County, West Virginia where some locals say living there is a "blast."As part of our occasional series, "What’s in a Name," we…