When the developers of the Mountain Valley Pipeline took an easement by eminent domain over coal-producing property in West Virginia, they were not required to condemn the coal, mineral or other ...

As the Trump administration pushes to expand coal mining, advocates warn that loosening regulations could put miners' health at risk. Justin Hicks of the Appalachia Mid South Newsroom reports.

SCRANTON – As historic sites and museums celebrated Pennsylvania’s birthday, Justin W. Emershaw, a mining engineer with Hazleton-based Atlantic Carbon Group, provided a current look at one of the ...

In an early scene from the Oscar-winning “Harlan County U.S.A.,” a piece of technology is shown swallowing coal miners by the dozen. One after the other, we see helmeted workers merge their prone ...

At a mine of the Sunnyhill Coal Co. near New Lexington, Ohio one day last week, amazed mine experts watched a huge (26-ton) machine in action. With surprisingly little noise, it tore into a seam, ...

On June 12th, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement announced its intentions to roll back federal guidelines to investigate reports of potential ...

Correction: This segment stated that coal mining is regulated by the federal Mine Safety and Health Association. The agency's correct title is the Mine Safety and ...

The Biden administration announced a big decision to block new mining in a key region producing nearly half of the nation's coal over climate change concerns, but it could be short-lived as ...