Appalachia's

Mr. Khani said the companies most interested in acquiring Massey would be producers familiar with Central Appalachia's difficult mining conditions and environmental permitting issues.

Massey's Hidden Attraction Kris Maher 2010

The third is to highlight the uniqueness of Appalachia's culture and the genuine nature of many of its people.

Greatest Person Of The Day: Ian Felton, Founder Of Marching Mountains The Huffington Post 2010

The Washington Post article, which nicely details Judy's evolution from mother and waitress to Goldman Prize winner, quotes the fundamental simplicity of Judy's message, "The health and safety of Appalachia's poor were being sacrificed for the profits of energy companies."

David Novack: In Memoriam: Judy Bonds, MTR Activist and Superstar David Novack 2011

Perhaps the most inspirational example is that of the remarkable Gish family, which puts out Appalachia's legendary Mountain Eagle in Whitesburg, Ky.

The Reporter Next Door Daniel Akst 2011

The company, central Appalachia's largest coal producer, is the only one expected to stop production Tuesday, according to the West Virginia Coal Association.

W.Va. marks 1 year since coal mine blast killed 29 2011

The Washington Post article, which nicely details Judy's evolution from mother and waitress to Goldman Prize winner, quotes the fundamental simplicity of Judy's message, "The health and safety of Appalachia's poor were being sacrificed for the profits of energy companies."

David Novack: In Memoriam: Judy Bonds, MTR Activist and Superstar David Novack 2011

On the heels of a lead story in the Washington Post last weekend on the financial world's burnout over the coal industry, Kristin Tracz, a Research & Policy Associate at the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development MACED in Kentucky, outlines the breakthrough efforts of the "Appalachian Transition Initiative" in a special Huffington Post interview on their work to deal with central Appalachia's economic future in the face of a declining coal economy.

Jeff Biggers: Roadmaps to New Power: Appalachian Transition Initiative Leads Coalfields into New Year--and New Era Jeff Biggers 2011

Forced by an encroaching strip mine to move from her family's ancestral land, Bonds spent the next decade as a full-time crusader and coal miner's daughter to bring her grandson's message of central Appalachia's role as a national sacrifice zone from the devastating impact of mountaintop removal strip mining to millions of Americans across the country.

Jeff Biggers: Thousands Pay Tribute to Judy Bonds: She Has Been to the Mountaintop--and We Must Fight Harder to Save It Jeff Biggers 2011

Forced by an encroaching strip mine to move from her family's ancestral land, Bonds spent the next decade as a full-time crusader and coal miner's daughter to bring her grandson's message of central Appalachia's role as a national sacrifice zone from the devastating impact of mountaintop removal strip mining to millions of Americans across the country.

Jeff Biggers: Thousands Pay Tribute to Judy Bonds: She Has Been to the Mountaintop--and We Must Fight Harder to Save It Jeff Biggers 2011

On the heels of a lead story in the Washington Post last weekend on the financial world's burnout over the coal industry, Kristin Tracz, a Research & Policy Associate at the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development MACED in Kentucky, outlines the breakthrough efforts of the "Appalachian Transition Initiative" in a special Huffington Post interview on their work to deal with central Appalachia's economic future in the face of a declining coal economy.

Jeff Biggers: Roadmaps to New Power: Appalachian Transition Initiative Leads Coalfields into New Year--and New Era Jeff Biggers 2011