The tradition of coal mining is crucial to the economy and people of Appalachia, but hundreds of miles of mining land have shut down over the years. That’s why one project is giving a former Mingo ...

We explore the depths of an abandoned coal mine, venturing through narrow, collapsing tunnels and past remnants of old wooden ...

Judy Slack, a local historian and the vice president of the Big Horn City Historical Society, said building a city on the top of Bald Mountain — a peak more ...

After nearly four decades working in underground coal ... mines, Carter was diagnosed with black lung, a deadly and incurable disease caused by inhaling coal dust over a long period. Now, the 70 ...

Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren was in Washington earlier in April to watch President Donald Trump sign an order aimed at revitalizing the coal industry. Coal mines ... in the School of ...

Revitalizing old coal ... mine workings are more than just structures; they hold a long history and social legacy," says Christopher McDermott, a professor at Scotland's Edinburgh University's ...

At a White House signing ceremony that resembled a campaign-style rally, Trump signed orders squarely aimed at reviving coal mining and coal ... is tied to a 90-year-old provision in the Federal ...

Maldonado, MD, the Taube Professor of Global Health and Infectious Diseases and professor of pediatric infectious diseases, epidemiology and population health at Stanford University School of ...

Carrying an old white polythene ... to send them to school with so many forces deployed in the area,” one of the teachers says. “Deocha-Pachami is a very challenging coal mine.

Some miners still say the industry is safe, though, and some young people hope that coal mining continues. “I think there’s a bright future in it,” said Dillion Grimmett, a 31-year-old coal ...

“I don’t care if they think it’s their coal,” he said. “It’s my damn property.” Walden was present at an August public meeting on mining issues held at Oak Grove High School almost ...

Mr Roberts now helps run the Old Brown Coal Mine Museum ... filled with photos of people long gone and artefacts from the area's coal mines. It is a testament to how coal drove the development ...