Safety advocates are bemoaning the delay of new safety standards to protect coal miners from deadly dust exposure.

The legacy of coal is not beautiful nor clean. Coal destroys lives. It's time to move on from an industry that exploits ...

New federal rule to limit coal miners’ exposure to silica dust — a leading cause of black lung disease — is being delayed ...

As President Donald Trump signed several executive orders this week meant to bolster America’s struggling coal industry, ...

The CDC unit that dramatically reduced Black Lung Disease among coal miners has been fired in Trump's sweeping overhaul of ...

Their wives, sons and daughters who were denied a proper funeral for their loved ones, will tell you that there is no such thing as clean coal. I was born in Appalachia. I am proud of my mountain ...

The CDC unit that monitored all coal workers' health, including black lung disease, is gone. Their physicians wonder, "Now what?" ...

President Trump on Tuesday is expected to sign an executive order aiming to bolster U.S. coal mining. In the order, Trump will define coal as a “mineral,” allowing it to benefit from a ...

Many of the country’s remaining underground coal mines — the most dangerous kind — are located in Appalachia. MSHA has ...