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Coal-related interests are suing to block the centerpiece of Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to fight climate change, a carbon-pricing policy that will impose a cost for emitting planet-warming carbon dioxide from fossil fuel-fired power plants.
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A report by the environmental nonprofit Appalachian Voices finds Pennsylvania and six other states could face a new wave of abandoned mines as the coal industry declines. Abandoned mines are dangerous to human health and the environment, as they border local communities and leach acidic runoff into streams.
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On today's program: The lead author of an MIT white paper explains how slowed coal production in Greene County translates to a loss of jobs and tax…
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A coal miner died Monday in a workplace accident in southern West Virginia, the governor's office said.Taylor Meldin Halstead, 20, of Bob White, was…
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Trains still carry coal past the now-abandoned Mathies Mine, located on the Monongahela River in Washington County. Metal fencing blocks the mine…
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Despite concerns about a global oil and petrochemical glut, the Trump administration released a report this week touting the strong future of coal and…
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Andrew Blumenfeld has been around the coal industry for over three decades. He’s seen his fair number of bad times for the industry. And Blumenfeld, a…
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President Trump came into office promising to save coal. And coal jobs.Instead, America’s coal industry has continued to slide. The question now is — how…
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A major U.S. coal mining company, whose former CEO became a big supporter of President Donald Trump in his effort to save coal jobs, is seeking bankruptcy…