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New Henderson mine ready to hire hundreds 'now,' but will market for coal be there?
The Courier & Press via Yahoo Finance· 11 months agoCORYDON, Ky. − The start of construction of Alliance Coal’s new Henderson County Mine south of...
Kentucky coal company, official admit cheating on tests designed to protect miners
Lexington Herald-Leader McClatchy Articles via AOL· 1 year agoA Kentucky coal company and one of its employees have admitted to cheating on dust sampling meant to...
Coal miners have long faced risk of black lung disease. Now they're getting new protections
Associated Press Finance via Yahoo Finance· 2 months agoCoal miners will be better protected from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the...
West Virginia training program restores hope for jobless coal miners
CBS MoneyWatch via Yahoo Finance· 7 months agoMingo County, West Virginia — In West Virginia's hollers, deep in Appalachia, jobless coal miners...
Kentucky coal company fined $200,000 in case of cheating on tests to protect miners
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn Eastern Kentucky coal company that pleaded guilty in connection with cheating on tests designed...
Pollution from coal waste still contaminating water in Kentucky and U.S., groups say
Lexington Herald-Leader McClatchy Articles via AOL· 2 years agoYears after the federal government mandated cleanup, pollutants such as arsenic and mercury continue...
Not your grandfather's black lung: Federal rule seeks to save coal miners from silica dust
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWorkers may get respite from breathing the toxic dust that remains omnipresent in U.S. mining...
Federal officials need to act on Appalachia’s forgotten epidemic | Opinion
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn the nation’s memory of Appalachian coal mining, black lung disease may seem like a distant part...
Why don't rocks burn?
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Jharia coal field in India has been on fire underground since 1916. Jonas Gratzer/LightRocket via Getty Images Curious Kids is a series for children...
Australia’s New Climate Bill Is Promising. But the Fight Over Ambitious Action Is Only Just Starting
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Newcastle Coal Terminal in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, on Friday, May 6, 2022. Credit...