Coal miners told to keep working during the outbreak despite close quarters, damaged lungs The states say their work is “essential,” but critics have doubts March 24, 2020 More than 5 years ago ...

Coal Jobs Have Gone Up Under Trump, ... The number of U.S. coal miners has plunged from 90,000 in 2012 to just over 50,000 ... analysts expect a jump in the number of mines that could close in 2018.

She said her son now works as a coal miner, despite the dangers he grew up hearing about. Advertisement “My husband had 30 years in the coal mines and my son has 12 years underground,” she said.

Dozens of coal miners are expected to press federal regulators and members of Congress to address an epidemic of the advanced stage of black lung disease during a visit to Capitol Hill.

“President Trump has said he wants to increase coal production, but it’s not rocket science that without these protections, we’re going to end up with a bunch of dead coal miners,” said ...

Geographic mismatch. The first challenge in bringing clean energy jobs to out-of-work miners is geographic: Solar and wind jobs pop up in places where sunshine and wind are abundant.

A US federal fund that helps coal miners sickened with black lung disease is beset by billions of dollars in debt, according to a government watchdog report obtained by CNN. Now, some ...

‘War on coal miners’: ... coal. One policy would slap up to $1.5 million in fees on each ship built in China that enters a U.S ... Mines will close and thousands will be laid off — and ...

Good news, coal miners: Joe Biden has a brilliant idea for your future. “Anybody who can go down 3,000 feet in a mine can sure as hell learn to program as well … Anybody who can throw coal ...

A fund guaranteeing health coverage and pensions to retired mine workers is about to run dry. Congress has been reluctant to pick up the tab. Democrats from coal country say it's time to act.

The last coal miners in Spain. ... “All the other industries that were close to the mine, ... an 80-year-old former miner, wakes up in his house in Laviana.