Coal miners have literally provided the fuel for the unprecedented industrialization of this country. (By Simon F. Haeder, The Conversation) Coal mining continues to be one of the most hazardous professions in our society. Even ...
Displaced coal miners in West Virginia are finding alternative forms of employment to replace their coal-mining history. Thousands of coal miners in West Virginia, one of the poorest states in the nation, are out of ...
A federal grand jury in Kentucky indicted eight former managers at Armstrong Coal for deceiving coal mine safety organizations and exposing coal miners to dangerous coal dust that causes black lung disease. The indictment alleges ...