Gerald Lucas first picked up a No. 4 coal shovel in 1972. For the next 45 years, he worked underground. We’re more than a hundred feet under Beckley, West Virginia, when the lights go out. One ...

Railroads Change Lives. Posted: June 5, 2025 | Last updated: June 8, 2025. ... CIA chief: We released two Mandarin-speaking videos to the Chinese people to contact us over dark web.

Deep cuts Miners have long faced grave health threats. Between 1900 and 1960, cave-ins, explosions, other disasters and mining accidents killed nearly 100,000 coal miners on the job.

WHEATLAND - In the time it takes to microwave a frozen dinner, another 120 tons of coal is dumped from a railroad car at the Laramie River Station. It's a scene that can occur 200 times a day. To ...

Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump reacts next to coal industry workers, on the day he signs energy-related executive orders at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 8, 2025.

In just 5 months, President Trump has dismantled the safety net that for years protected miners from injury and disease. CNN’s Kyung Lah traveled to coal country where miners fear the impact of ...

The Department of the Interior Friday announced approval of a mining plan modification for Bull Mountains coal mine in Montana. It authorizes Signal Peak Energy, LLC to mine roughly 22.8 million ...

The company seeking to build a 121-mile coal railroad in southeastern Montana told the governor in a meeting Tuesday that the state needs to make the first move in the ...

Justice, when he served as governor, signed multiple bills boosting his state’s own renowned coal industry, including slashing severance taxes, and said the U.S. energy crisis is "too great" to ...

"The House's plan, coupled with the administration's focus on stomping out clean energy and returning us to a country powered by coal and gas guzzlers, is causing businesses to cancel plans, delay ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8) announced Tuesday that the Federal Railroad Administration has included Northeastern ...

How Chinese, US coal plants are changing Hawaiʻi’s … Video / Jun 16, 2025 / 09:31 AM HST Even if you are far from a factory, the ocean can still feel its smoke.