The Trump administration has cut programs that protected workers from lung disease, aided those afflicted, and kept miners safe.

Some towns in the area were off-limits to African Americans or had sundown laws in place, which meant that they couldn't visit such towns after dark. In December 1919, two black coal miners were ...

In a rare occasion of good news for the nation’s coal miners, a decision this week in a lawsuit brought by one of their own will reverse at least some of the damage done when the Trump ...

The Trump administration on Tuesday temporarily reinstated dozens of fired federal workers who help screen coal miners for black ... effective June 2. The American Federation of Government ...

“For too long, coal has been a dirty word that most are afraid to speak about,” said Jeff Crowe, who Trump identified as a West Virginia miner. Crowe is the superintendent of American ...

Morgantown, West Virginia — In West Virginia's coal ... miners," Tennant said. The budget for NIOSH was about $363 million in 2023, the same year that job injuries and illnesses cost Americans ...

Trump has long espoused a love of coal. “I call it beautiful, clean coal—I tell my people to never use the word ‘coal’ unless you put ‘beautiful, clean’ before it,” the president ...

"For too long, coal has been a dirty word that most are afraid to speak about," said Jeff Crowe, who Trump identified as a West Virginia miner. Crowe is the superintendent of American Consolidated ...

Approximately 50,000 American coal miners are now without that safety net of care and prevention despite President Donald Trump‘s executive order and promises to revive the coal industry in the ...