Coal is in a long decline in Central Appalachia(APP-ah-LATCH-uh). Even though coal mining jobs are disappearing there—the imprint of coal on the landscape is everywhere. More than a million acres of strip-mined land -- an area the size of Rhode Island -- are now deforested. Inside Energy is collaborating with Allegheny Front in Pennsylvania, and West Virginia Public Broadcasting on a new series on the future of coal. In our first story, Reid Frazier reports from Eastern Kentucky.

Coal is in a long decline in Central Appalachia(APP-ah-LATCH-uh). Even though coal mining jobs are disappearing there—the imprint of coal on the landscape is everywhere. More than a million acres of strip-mined land -- an area the size of Rhode Island -- are now deforested. Inside Energy is collaborating with Allegheny Front in Pennsylvania, and West Virginia Public Broadcasting on a new series on the future of coal. In our first story, Reid Frazier reports from Eastern Kentucky.

Hope And Anxiety At Oilfield Job Fair by Inside Energy

Hope And Anxiety At Oilfield Job Fair by Inside Energy

Ran Off The Rig: An Oil Worker's Diary by Inside Energy

Ran Off The Rig: An Oil Worker's Diary by Inside Energy

Drilling Is Loud, But Are Wyoming Officials Listening? by Inside Energy

With oil prices now at a six year low, oil companies have been idling hundreds of drilling rigs. For the wells that remain active, the key is getting more out of less...which is tricky because when you drill for oil, only around 5 percent of what’s underground is actually recovered. That’s according to the US Energy Information Administration. So at any given well, more than 90% of the oil is generally left underground! Inside Energy’s Leigh Paterson reports on how these days - with prices so low - producers are using below ground technology to chase oil thousands of feet below the earth’s surface…

With oil prices now at a six year low, oil companies have been idling hundreds of drilling rigs. For the wells that remain active, the key is getting more out of less...which is tricky because when you drill for oil, only around 5 percent of what’s underground is actually recovered. That’s according to the US Energy Information Administration. So at any given well, more than 90% of the oil is generally left underground! Inside Energy’s Leigh Paterson reports on how these days - with prices so low - producers are using below ground technology to chase oil thousands of feet below the earth’s surface…

Drilling Is Loud, But Are Wyoming Officials Listening? by Inside Energy