coal mining

Coal Communities Accuse Congress of Breaking Its Promise to Clean Up Abandoned Mine Lands

The House passed a bill last week that would “repurpose” $500 million meant for cleaning up environmental and safety hazards caused by decades of coal mining.

By Kiley Bense

China Helped Indonesia Build One of the World’s Biggest, Youngest Coal Fleets. It’s Still Growing.

Story by Nicholas Kusnetz, data analysis by Peter Aldhous

Coal Miners and Advocates Plead With Trump to Enforce Black Lung Rule

By Aidan Hughes

Eighteen Months After a Fatal Explosion, Alabama Rolls Back Its Commitment to Monitor Explosive Gases Above Coal Mines

By Lee Hedgepeth

Coal Company Sues UK After Environmentalists Win Major Climate Case in British Court

By Katie Surma

Trump Move to Increase Coal Mining in the Powder River Basin Will Worsen Climate Change, Experts Warn

By Jake Bolster

In Trump’s Megabill, a Clean Energy Phase Out and a Big, Beautiful Tax Break for Met Coal Exporters

By Lee Hedgepeth, Marianne Lavelle

Trump Aims to Fast Track Alabama Coal Build-Out, Citing US Need. Nearly All the Coal Is Bound for Export

By Lee Hedgepeth

How Will Trump’s Effort to Revitalize Coal Play Out in the Nation’s Most Productive Coal Fields?

By Jake Bolster

Trump Official Visits, Touts Alabama Coal Mine With Thousands of Federal Safety Violations

By Lee Hedgepeth

As Trump Promotes ‘Clean Beautiful Coal,’ a  Lit Cigarette Above a West Virginia Coal Mine Leaves a Woman Fighting for Her Life

By James Bruggers

For the First Time, Alabama Says Methane ‘Likely’ Caused Fatal Home Explosion Above Coal Mine

By Lee Hedgepeth

The Pope Led Notre Dame Toward Decarbonization. He Hasn’t Influenced the School’s Alabama Coal Investment

By Lee Hedgepeth

Alabama Mine Expansion Could Test Biden Policy on Private Extraction of Publicly Owned Coal

By Lee Hedgepeth

Coal Miner Dies at Alabama Mine With Dozens of Recent Safety Citations

By Lee Hedgepeth, James Bruggers

Alabama Coal Regulators Said They Didn’t Know Who’d Purchased a Mine Linked to a Fatal Home Explosion. It’s a Familiar Face

By Lee Hedgepeth

BLM Ends Future Coal Mining on Powder River Basin Federal Lands

By Jake Bolster

At State’s Energy Summit, Wyoming Promises to ‘Make Sure Our Fossil Fuels Have a Future’

By Jake Bolster

Alabama Coal Mine Keeps Digging Under A Rural Community After Hundreds of Fines and a Fatal Explosion. Residents Are Rattled

By Lee Hedgepeth, James Bruggers