Demand for graphite, a key material in the lithium-ion batteries that power everything from phones to electric cars, is surging as trade tensions with China persist.

Kathy Love, director of the Alabama Surface Mining Commission, listens during a discussion highlighting the consequences of longwall coal mining at Oak Grove High School. (Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate ...

An aerial view of Warrior Met's Blue Creek Mine No. 1 construction site. (Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News) BERRY —An Alabama mining company is taking final steps toward a major buildout of its ...

Residents of Oak Grove and Adger are demanding transparency and accountability around the mine expanding under their community. Public officials and regulators have remained largely silent in the face ...

Alabama is betting a stake in its economic future on one of its oldest industries. Coal has long been a staple of the state's economy and could continue to be as state and private sector partners move ...

BERRY, Ala.—An Alabama mining company is taking final steps toward a major buildout of its operations in the central part of the state. The expansion, which is proposed to include the mining of ...

Phillips 66 is Closing its LA Refinery this Month. Neighbors Still Don’t Know if the Company Will Pay for the Cleanup. Arizona Launches Investigation into Proposed Critical Mineral Mine’s Contaminated ...