A decades-old program operated by NIOSH to detect lung disease in coal miners is one of the federal programs that have been ...

Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren says Donald Trump's push to revitalize coal could bring jobs, revenue and energy security.

Safety advocates are bemoaning the delay of new safety standards to protect coal miners from deadly dust exposure.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at ramping up American coal production this week - but environmental advocates say it will hurt Americans’ wallets and Mother Nature.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed four executive orders designed to boost the U.S. coal industry, outlining steps to protect coal-fired power plants and expedite leases for coal mining on U ...

To help the struggling coal industry, President Trump used his executive authority to try to keep aging plants alive and burn more coal for electricity.

The CDC unit that dramatically reduced Black Lung Disease among coal miners has been fired in Trump's sweeping overhaul of health agencies. Mining... Coal miners' health care hit hard in job cuts ...

"When I was a child, I'd look up and I'd see coal miners — seemingly larger than life, doubled over coughing, scarcely able to walk, work or breathe," Petsonk says, "I've seen it my whole life.