WHITWELL, England — The old miner walks with a stick now, depleted in body and spirit, but with a pool of resentment that still surges whenever talk turns to the losing battle nearly 30 years ago to save ... Read more
WHITWELL, England — The old miner walks with a stick now, depleted in body and spirit, but with a pool of resentment that still surges whenever talk turns to the losing battle nearly 30 years ago to save ... Read more
WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday that it would delay issuance of a new rule limiting emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from new power plants after the ... Read more
An environmental coalition on Monday charged that coal and coal dust spilled from railroad hoppers is polluting the scenic Columbia River Gorge, and pledged to sue mining companies and the Burlington ... Read more
KHLIEHRIAT, India — After descending 70 feet down a wobbly bamboo staircase into a dank pit, the teenage miners ducked into a black hole about two-feet high and crawled 100 yards through mud before ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the largest U.S. electricity producers will stop burning coal at two of its power plants under a legal settlement reached with the EPA, eight states and several environmental ... Read more
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Secretary of Interior says his agency is investigating whether mining companies are skirting royalty rules as they increase exports of coal to Asia, but have issued no violations ... Read more
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A spokesman for U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Friday that a federal review has so far found no evidence mining companies knowingly skirted royalty rules as they've increased coal exports ... Read more
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Railroad operator CSX Corp. says continued weak coal demand contributed to a 3 percent decline in fourth-quarter net income. The results still beat Wall Street expectations as other sectors ... Read more
WASHINGTON — President Obama made addressing climate change the most prominent policy vow of his second Inaugural Address on Monday, setting in motion what Democrats say will be a deliberately paced but ... Read more