OAK GROVE, Ala.—It’s been a long two years for Lisa Lindsay.  And every day since her neighbor’s home exploded above an expanding coal mine in March 2024, she’s been reminded of how far her community still has to go.  February’s meeting of the Alabama Surface Mining Commission, the entity charged with regulating the surface impacts … Continue reading Two Years After Fatal Explosion, Alabama Mine Regulator ‘Letting the Fox Guard the Henhouse,’ Resident Says