They are four female coal miners and they each voted for President Trump based on one issue: bringing coal jobs back to the U.S. Gathering at a park in Gillette, Wyoming, the women said they still ...

President Trump has been a cheerleader for coal miners. But these miners say his administration is failing to enforce limits on a lethal workplace hazard. Gary Hairston, 71, is a retired coal miner ...

Film director Agustina Macri believes things happen for a reason. That includes the timing of her latest film Queen of Coal, a biographical drama about the first trans woman to work as a coal miner in ...

After decades of mining coal deep below the mountains of West Virginia, David Bounds now struggles to carry a gallon of milk to the breakfast table without gasping for breath. The black lung disease ...

Lisa Emery loves to talk about her “boys.” With each word, the respiratory therapist’s face softens and shines with pride. But keep her talking, and it doesn’t take long for that passion to switch to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Tuesday, as coal miners crowded into the Oval Office to watch President Donald Trump sign an executive order meant to ...

Trump has long espoused a love of coal. “I call it beautiful, clean coal—I tell my people to never use the word ‘coal’ unless you put ‘beautiful, clean’ before it,” the president recently said during ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new federal rule aimed at reducing coal miners' exposure to silica dust, a leading cause of black lung disease, has been put on ...

The moves include loosening environmental rules, but it is unclear how much they can help reverse the sharp decline in coal power over the last two decades. By Brad Plumer and Mira Rojanasakul ...

Layoffs halt black lung protection programs for miners NIOSH and MSHA programs suspended amid Trump administration cuts Miners face increased risk as safety regulations enforcement weakens OAK HILL, ...