Coal Mining

The coal industry has been declining for decades, leaving a disrupted, and often dangerous, landscape in its wake. Now, a federal program seeks to revitalize abandoned mine land.

A recent government report called the mine safety standard regulating deadly silica dust "out of date," and difficult to enforce. The Biden administration may finally change that standard.

Coal use has plummeted in part because it's more expensive than natural gas or renewable energy. Mines are shutting down, and some power plants may run out of places to stockpile coal.

In 1958, researchers from the University of Louisville and the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission gathered at a lock on the Monongahela River…

Murray Energy, one of the nation's largest producers of coal, has filed for bankruptcy. The Ohio-based coal mining company also announced that its…

A Labor Department audit found no correlation between the federal system that fines mining companies for unsafe conditions and safety in mining operations.

Coal miners will press members of Congress to fully restore a coal excise tax that supports miners diagnosed with black lung. The tax was cut more than 50% at the end of last year.

“I water my horses out of this creek down here,” Jeff Ivers says, resting his hand on his horse’s nose.He looks out over his land: 43 acres, surrounded on…

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources hosts a public meeting Tuesday evening for people concerned about a proposed surface coal mine in southeast…

Federal regulations for silica dust in coal mines haven't changed in decades. But since an NPR/Frontlinereport into black lung, some are calling for a new response.