Waste material from Signal Peak Energy’s Bull Mountains coal mine is seen along a rural road, on May 21, 2025, near Roundup, Montana. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown) ...

But many in mine country fear that Trump – who won 70 percent of West Virginia’s vote in 2024, with equally strong support among the mining regions across Appalachia – is boosting the coal ...

Coal shoots out as it travels from a silo at the Iron Senergy coal mine plant, April 16, 2025, in Kirby, Pa. Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images.

Compounding the problem, many coal power plants are nearing the end of their useful lifetime. The average operating coal-fired unit in the US is 45 years old, according to the Energy Information ...

In a move that fuses domestic revival with international strategy, the Trump administration has greenlit the expansion of Montana’s Bull Mountains coal mine—unlocking nearly 60 million tons of ...

The Trump administration on Friday greenlighted the expansion of a scandal-hit underground coal mine in Montana, one of the nation’s largest, cutting short a federal environmental review and ...

Brooks Mine in Nay Aug Park is opening up a new chamber to visitors. A scraper car and coal drag system has been installed to demonstrate a method coal miners would have had to deploy to remove ...

ROUNDUP, Mont. (AP) — Former ranch hand Pat Thiele has spent years fighting a losing battle against a massive coal mine creeping underground toward his central Montana property.