coal miners

For decades, miners have called for limits on highly toxic silica dust, which they're exposed to while mining. An investigation shows its impact and the weakness of proposed rules to protect them.

Mine advocates and companies commented in Washington, D.C. this week, expressing lots of different concerns. If passed, the new rules would attempt to keep mine workers, including coal miners in Kentucky, safer while they work.

United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts said he’s been hearing the term “just transition” tossed around for more than 20 years as part of…

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin will take part in a discussion on Monday about the future of energy and coalfield communities. Manchin will participate in…

Monday marks 11 years since the Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster in Raleigh County, West Virginia, where 29 miners were killed on April 5, 2010.Federal…

Doctors hired by coal companies in black lung cases are far less likely to diagnose the disease in X-rays than are independent doctors or those who are…

The U.S. Department of Labor announced Wednesday stronger coronavirus safety guidance intended to keep coal miners safe from COVID-19 in the workplace.…

The filing instigates a civil lawsuit against Hoops, a major escalation in a protracted case with broad implications for the coal industry.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration is not doing enough to protect coal miners from deadly silica dust, according to a new report from the…

Charles Wayne Stanley ran underground mining machines for some 20 years, cutting coal from beneath the hills where Virginia meets Kentucky along the…