EXCLUSIVE: Only about 40,000 people work in coal mining in the U.S., a modest number compared to other lines of work – 1.7 million people, for instance, are employed in the auto industry. And yet coal ...

With four generations of coal mining in her family, West Virginia native Elaine McMillion Sheldon’s perspectives on coal – its storied past, complicated present and transitional future – is deeply ...

King Coal Elaine McMillion Sheldon Requisite Media (US: Limited release, from 11 August; UK: Release to be announced) What happens when a community is sustained by a dirty industry? Elaine McMillion ...

A still from the film 'King Coal' shows a funeral procession. The part-documentary, part-fable reflects on the legacy of coal in Central Appalachia, while looking to the future. A new film is ...

McMillion Sheldon, who also wrote “King Coal,” begins the film with a funeral procession walking along a dirt road along rolling green hills. It’s been called a ghost story, and it’s about the death ...

Former miner David Nixon is working to record recollections of day-to-day life down the pit. He speaks to Laura Reid about why the essence of mining “deserves to be remembered” and understood through ...

Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has signed on to executive produce “Unearth,” a new documentary that will make its world premiere at DOC NYC on Nov. 16. Directed, produced and shot by Hunter ...

The closure of Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station marks the end of coal-fired electricity generation in the UK. This shift is part of the UK's commitment to achieving net zero emissions and transitioning ...

The UK's last coal plant will sigh out its final pollutants Monday before shutting down for good and officially ending the country's century and a half of coal production. Nottinghamshire's ...