[imgbelt img=CoalWasheryWindmill.jpg]Declining coal production is hurting Appalachia’s economy, which was already in rough shape. Scholars are looking at Wales, which lost its coal economy in the 1980 ...

Its earliest records date from 1690 and its remediation work goes on for decades, but the pressing issue on the day Lisa Pinney talks about the renaming of the UK's Coal Authority is coal tip safety ...

For some, it's the last real taste of innocence, and the first real taste of life.

Like other countries in Europe during the 19th Century, Wales felt the effects of the Industrial Revolution. Rapid increases in population and harsh working conditions in manufacturing and coal mining ...