Gas pipelines can be dangerous to human health even if people don't damage them by digging. Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images The Trump administration is decreasing the attention ...

OAK GROVE, Ala.—Alabama officials charged with protecting residents from surface impacts of underground coal mining have notified the federal government that they’ve suspended plans to require that ...

Undermined: Fifteenth in a series about the impacts of longwall mining in Alabama. JASPER, Ala.—Verby Burton said she wasn’t expecting much from Thursday’s meeting of the Alabama Surface Mining ...

Editor’s Note: This article with a revised headline has been updated to include additional information from the developer and Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy for readers.

(THE CONVERSATION) The Trump administration is decreasing the attention federal regulators pay to pipeline leaks. But leaks from natural gas pipelines don’t just waste energy and warm the planet – ...