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

About half of the nation’s 560 coal mines are located in West Virginia (165 ... to restore land damaged by strip mining and reclaim abandoned and damaged minelands. Ending the MSHA leases ...

Coal employment rebounded from 2022 to 2023, rising 4.2% to 45,476. West Virginia employed the most miners at 14,000, followed by Kentucky at 5,000. About half of the nation’s 560 coal mines are ...

"We're bringing back an industry that was abandoned," Trump said ... afraid to speak about," said Jeff Crowe, a coal mine manager from West Virginia, who spoke at the ceremony.

“This is a very important day to me because we’re bringing back an industry that was abandoned ... coal-producing states, such as Sen. Jim Justice (R-West Virginia), whose family owns coal ...

Coal employment rebounded from 2022 to 2023, rising 4.2% to 45,476. West Virginia employed the most miners at 14,000, followed by Kentucky at 5,000. About half of the nation’s 560 coal mines are ...

Flanked by coal miners, Trump said that he wanted the ... The state is the country’s largest producer, followed by West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Sen. John Barasso, R-Wyo., ...

By Brad Plumer and Mira Rojanasakul Reporting from Washington President Trump signed a flurry of executive orders Tuesday aimed at expanding the mining ... West Virginia and other coal-producing ...

Trump's mandates include instructing federal agencies to identify coal resources on federal lands, lift barriers to coal mining and prioritize ... nation are Wyoming, West Virginia, Pennsylvania ...

Trump's mandates include instructing federal agencies to identify coal resources on federal lands, lift barriers to coal mining and prioritize ... U.S. are Wyoming, West Virginia, Pennsylvania ...

Growth in solar and wind power has also cut coal use. "We're bringing back an industry that was abandoned," Trump ... respiratory health division in West Virginia, which oversaw an X-ray screening ...