A federal program that screens coal miners for black lung disease has been shuttered because of layoffs and budget cuts.

OpEd: Kentucky residents who care about the welfare of working miners should ask Congressman Hal Rogers what he plans to do to keep regional MSHA offices open, and to keep miners safe.

“If we have a disaster and they closed down ... operations in West Virginia and Kentucky, which have nearly half of the nation’s coal mines. Under the second Trump administration, the impact ...

Journalist and social-justice advocate Tom Bethell died April 10 at the age of 86. This article is from The Mountain Eagle, ...

Tom Bethell, dead at 86, dedicated his extraordinary journalistic and analytic skills to demand justice for coal miners and ...

In 1971, singer-songwriter John Prine wrote his marvelous song “Paradise” about the environmental damages of strip mining ... s Coal Train,” was about Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, the ...

Promising to end the “war on beautiful, clean coal,” President Trump signed executive orders to buoy the industry. But energy ...

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 ...