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Hopes that Donald Trump's executive orders will revive the coal industry have been tempered by the administration's cuts to mine safety programs.
As President Trump pledges to revive “beautiful” coal, Virginia’s coal counties have largely moved on to new ventures. But ...
About two-thirds of the staff that provides free examinations for the deadly disease, which one study says affects 1 in 5 longtime miners, was recently fired.
As workers across the United States continue to fight back against attacks on fundamental rights, fought for and won over ...
The Trump administration's cuts to NIOSH have gutted crucial programs affecting millions of workers across the U.S.
A federal judge ordered the restoration of jobs in the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety’s Respiratory ...
One of Jim Justice’s coal companies owes West Virginia over $1 million in delinquent penalties for environmental violations ...
Friends of the Coal Ladies Auxiliary wrapped its Coal in the Classroom program by taking Catholic school third and ...
When the federal government tried to fire a team protecting coal miners from Wyoming to West Virginia from black lung disease ...
May marks the anniversary of two of the most defining, but often overlooked, battles in American labor history: the Matewan ...
Plaintiff Harry Wiley, a West Virginia mine electrician who has worked in coal mines for 38 years, was diagnosed with early-stage black lung last November. Canceling the health surveillance ...
The U.S> is seeking to boost its domestic supply of rare earths and critical minerals, and researchers are looking at the ...