Coal miners plead with feds for stronger enforcement during emotional hearing on black lung rule
Miners and advocates are pleading with the Mine Safety and Health Administration to ensure a proposed rule to cut the cu...
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'It was like a heartbeat': Residents at a loss after newspaper shutters in declining coal county
Months after the last newspaper closed in a declining coal community in West Virginia, residents say they are already ex...
After decades of delays, coal miners hail rule to slow rise of black lung
A half-century ago, the nation’s top health experts urged the federal agency in charge of mine safety to adopt strict ru...
EU climate chief is concerned over the expansion of the coal industry in China
The European Union's climate chief has expressed concern over the expansion of China's coal industry, with the building...
Federal board sides with Navajo coal company, says BNSF Railway must ship to Canadian port
A federal board has ordered BNSF Railway to transport at least 4.2 million tons of coal from a Montana mine to a port in...
