Stanley “Goose” Stewart, who survived the Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster that killed 29 workers 15 years ago Saturday, ...

Rate of black lung disease among miners may be 10 times higher than reported Lung disease is a well-known deadly consequence of working in the coal industry. But a new NPR study finds miners are ...

Without programs provided by NIOSH, people in the mining industry and researchers are scrambling to find what else can be ...

coal. One policy would slap up to $1.5 million in fees on each ship built in China that enters a U.S. port, a move that’s generating concern for both mining companies and the nation’s largest ...