These are the real heroes we should look up to. As a West Virginia native, I grew up around coal mining. I still remember when my grandparents had a coal house in their garage, and seeing my grandpa ...

After the government betrayed them by refusing to enforce a crucial workplace health rule, a group of coal miners traveled to DC to put Trump on notice. Protesters at the coal miners’ rally in ...

A missing miner trapped in a flooded West Virginia coal mine for nearly a week has been found dead, according to West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Federal officials rejected a mining company’s bid for 1.3 million tons of coal beneath a national forest in Utah, marking the third proposed coal sale from public lands in the ...

(Reuters) -The Trump administration will auction off coal leases on federal lands in four U.S. states in the coming days, a key test of mining industry interest in its efforts to revive a sector in ...

LCT Energy, based in Johnstown, is operating a mine called Rustic Ridge #1, located in Westmoreland County. Now, it’s ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Coal miners, their family members, and union representatives rallied outside of the ...

If Trump wants the war in Ukraine to end, he needs to target Russian coal. So far, sanctions against Russian energy sales have not done enough to stop Putin from continuing the brutal war. However, a ...

The waste left over from spent fossil fuel may contain a treasure trove of rare-earth elements worth billions of dollars.

Coal miners, their family members and union representatives rallied outside of the U.S. Department of Labor’s headquarters in Washington on Tuesday morning, urging the Trump administration to enforce ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The body of a coal miner was found early Thursday in a mine that flooded in southern West Virginia, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said. Machines had been pumping water out of Alpha ...