In 2016, Trump seized on the issue, promising to end what he described as Democratic President Barack Obama’s “war on coal” ...

“This is a very important day to me because we’re bringing back an industry that was abandoned,” he said ... and fear kills economic growth.” Across West Virginia, the once-booming coal industry has ...

A major underground fire in an abandoned Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) mine near Rajrappa threatens 10,000 residents of Bhuchungdih village. Toxic gases are being released, raising fears of ...

Ramgarh, Apr 21 (PTI) A massive fire broke out at an abandoned coal mine in Rajrappa in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district, enveloping the area in thick black smoke, officials said on Monday.

Nixon. In 1969 he signed into law the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act after public outcry over a mine explosion the previous year in Farmington, West Virginia, that killed 78 workers.

OAK HILL, West Virginia (Reuters) -Josh Cochran worked deep in the coal mines of West Virginia since he was 22 years old, pulling a six-figure salary that allowed him to buy a home with his wife ...

Nixon. In 1969 he signed into law the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act after public outcry over a mine explosion the previous yearin Farmington, West Virginia, that killed 78 workers.

Several large coal mines have slashed their annual carbon emissions by more than half as a result of mandated changes to accounting methods that have prompted experts to question the reliability ...

The West Virginia Coal Hall of Fame, a joint initiative between the West Virginia Coal Mining Institute and the West Virginia Coal Association and housed at the WVU Statler College of Engineering ...