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Eric Anderson, a 44-year-old coal miner, voted for Donald Trump to keep West Virginia’s mines humming and applauded the president’s executive orders allowing power plants to burn more coal ...
A decades-old program operated by NIOSH to detect lung disease in coal miners, for example, has been suspended. Related programs to provide x-rays and lung tests at mine sites have also shut down ...
In coal country, Trump’s cuts to health programs put miners in danger A federal program that screens coal miners for black lung disease has been shuttered because of layoffs and budget cuts.
Former supervisor Ryan Martin escaped a major methane blaze at a Queensland mine and helped source bottles of water to pour ...
Step back in time as we revisit what coal miners unearthed a century ago without knowing its historical value! From fascinating artifacts to thrilling outdoor adventures, this journey uncovers ...
A decades-old program operated by NIOSH to detect lung disease in coal miners is one of the federal programs that have been suspended.
Eric Anderson, a 44-year-old coal miner, voted for Donald Trump to keep West Virginia’s mines humming and applauded the president’s executive orders allowing power plants to burn more coal.
The following story is part one of a two-part series examining the devastating impact of black lung disease on the lives of southern West Virginia coal miners and the complications they face when ...
KY Sen. Mitch McConnell, I doubt coal miners will 'just get over' proposed Medicaid cuts that could close the hospitals they ...
The board of directors of the nonprofit Broad Top Area Coal Miners announced several projects and activities during their recent monthly meeting held in the Coal Miners Museum ...
Reasons to be Cheerful explains how "gravity batteries" are giving former mines a second life—while offering an economic and environmental boost to communities once reliant on coal.
Researchers argue that 300GW of solar energy could be produced at Mpumalanga’s old mines and those closing in the next decade ...