Coal Dust in Hampton Roads,” combines data and archival evidence including photos and newspaper articles dating to the 1920s ...

When miners protested Trump’s move to shutter safety offices and a health program for black lung disease, his administration reversed course.

ROUNDUP, Mont. (AP) — Former ranch hand Pat Thiele has spent years fighting a losing battle against a massive coal mine creeping underground toward his central Montana property. Mine owner ...

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In early April, President Donald Trump gathered dozens of hard-hat-clad coal ... silica dust, which causes the most severe form of black lung, progressive massive fibrosis. Silica is the primary ...

Mining company Signal Peak Energy sits atop a billion-ton coal reserve beneath Montana’s rugged Bull Mountains and ships 98% of the fuel it mines to Japan and South Korea ROUNDUP, Mont.

In effect, an escalating trade war could undermine Trump’s goal of saving coal. “As long as they’ve got somebody to buy it, they’ll keep mining,” said Thiele. “But a reaction could ...