Federal laws and other regulations require that rules written by federal agencies use scientific evidence about how to minimize risk. And under an executive order signed by President Bill Clinton in ...

A Republican senator on Tuesday indicated disagreement with at least some of the firings and closures being made by the Trump ...

Josh Cochran worked deep in the coal mines of West Virginia since he was 22 years old, pulling a six-figure salary that ...

After President Trump signed an executive order to boost the coal industry, the labor union United Mine Workers of America is ...

Gizmodo reached out to the Trump administration and the UMWA for comment.

A federal program that screens coal miners for black lung disease has been shuttered because of layoffs and budget cuts.

The president signed four executive orders to reverse the trend away from coal-fired electricity in the U.S., but there's ...

The United Mine Workers of America and the United Steelworkers on Monday filed a motion to intervene in a federal court case ...

President Donald Trump signed several executive orders aimed at reinvigorating the coal industry, but U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said recent layoffs at a Morgantown-based federal office could ...

Operations have resumed at a Bowen Basin mine less than 24 hours after the resources safety watchdog flagged potential risks, ...