/tags/coal Coal en-US Copyright Fri, 22 Aug 2025 09:15:00 GMT /section/the-ohio-newsroom/2025-08-22/meet-big-muskie-the-mining-giant-that-shaped-ohios-landscape ‘Big Muskie’, once the world’s largest walking dragline excavator, is being honored with a new historical marker. Fri, 22 Aug 2025 09:15:00 GMT /section/the-ohio-newsroom/2025-08-22/meet-big-muskie-the-mining-giant-that-shaped-ohios-landscape Kendall Crawford /section/the-ohio-newsroom/2025-03-18/from-coal-to-community-forest-how-one-ohio-organization-is-reclaiming-former-mine-land A team of locals in Athens County is trying to make former mine land economically productive again. Instead of harvesting coal, they’re creating a community forest. Tue, 18 Mar 2025 09:05:00 GMT /section/the-ohio-newsroom/2025-03-18/from-coal-to-community-forest-how-one-ohio-organization-is-reclaiming-former-mine-land Erin Gottsacker /section/the-ohio-newsroom/2024-04-02/what-happens-at-the-end-of-king-coals-reign-a-documentary-looks-to-the-future Coal has played a critical role in shaping Central Appalachian culture and identity. A new documentary remembers its legacy, while looking ahead to the future. Tue, 02 Apr 2024 14:36:35 GMT /section/the-ohio-newsroom/2024-04-02/what-happens-at-the-end-of-king-coals-reign-a-documentary-looks-to-the-future Erin Gottsacker /news/2023-11-27/abandoned-ohio-coal-mines-leave-holes-in-the-landscape-and-the-economy-a-government-program-aims-to-fill-them The coal industry has been declining for decades, leaving a disrupted, and often dangerous, landscape in its wake. Now, a federal program seeks to revitalize abandoned mine land. Mon, 27 Nov 2023 09:39:00 GMT /news/2023-11-27/abandoned-ohio-coal-mines-leave-holes-in-the-landscape-and-the-economy-a-government-program-aims-to-fill-them Erin Gottsacker /news/2023-07-03/can-coal-waste-solve-the-affordable-housing-shortage A team of researchers at Ohio University is transforming coal waste into building materials. Mon, 03 Jul 2023 09:01:00 GMT /news/2023-07-03/can-coal-waste-solve-the-affordable-housing-shortage Erin Gottsacker /government-politics/2019-10-30/large-coal-producer-murray-energy-files-for-bankruptcy Murray Energy, one of the nation's largest producers of coal, has filed for bankruptcy. The Ohio-based coal mining company also announced that it's… Wed, 30 Oct 2019 15:14:42 GMT /government-politics/2019-10-30/large-coal-producer-murray-energy-files-for-bankruptcy Andy Chow /environment/2019-07-26/ohios-new-energy-law-what-you-should-know Ohio legislators have passed new energy laws that affects everyone’s electric bills and change the state’s course on green energy policies. But it can be… Fri, 26 Jul 2019 20:46:41 GMT /environment/2019-07-26/ohios-new-energy-law-what-you-should-know Andy Chow /news/2018-08-31/firstenergy-closing-ohio-coal-plant FirstEnergy Solutions blames the current energy market for its decision to shutter its Ohio coal plant in Ohio within the next four years. It seems to be… Fri, 31 Aug 2018 19:13:18 GMT /news/2018-08-31/firstenergy-closing-ohio-coal-plant Andy Chow /government-politics/2018-08-10/mobile-health-clinic-touring-ohio-screening-miners-for-black-lung A mobile health clinic is touring different coal towns in Ohio to help miners find out if they have black lung disease. As Statehouse correspondent Andy… Fri, 10 Aug 2018 18:57:08 GMT /government-politics/2018-08-10/mobile-health-clinic-touring-ohio-screening-miners-for-black-lung Andy Chow /government-politics/2018-05-17/coal-plant-proposal-in-ohio-scrapped-no-new-generation-in-the-works After years in limbo, a plan to construct a new coal plant has been scrapped. That leaves Ohio without any proposals for new coal plant generation.… Thu, 17 May 2018 19:44:49 GMT /government-politics/2018-05-17/coal-plant-proposal-in-ohio-scrapped-no-new-generation-in-the-works Andy Chow