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        July 26, 2018 -
        
  
        Vernon Haltom of West Virginia's Coal River Mountain Watch was among those who testified about coal's future before a congressional subcommittee this week. The testimony of Haltom — whose group is working to end mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia — details what boosting coal means for the communities where it's extracted. 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        January 13, 2009 -
        
  
        The sight of more than a billion gallons of 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        October 1, 1999 -
        
  
        Despite regulations, black lung still claims the lives of thousands of miners each year. Here’s why
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
    
          
              
            
            
            
        May 1, 1984 -
        This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 12 No. 3, "Painting South." Find more from that issue here. 
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
    
          
              
            
            
            
        August 1, 1978 -
        This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 6 No. 
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        March 1, 1977 -
        This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 5 No. 1 "Good Times and Growing Pains." Find more from that issue here.