Dust from open cast mining suffocates surrounding forests and inhibits trees' ability to capture carbon from the atmosphere ...

A new final rule was issued by the federal Department of Labor earlier this month that will require coal operators who ...

A Johns Hopkins research study recently confirmed that measurable amounts of coal dust are turning up on schools, homes, and playgrounds near the area where the CSX coal terminal is located.

Where an administrative law judge concluded that, because of the presence of pneumoconiosis and the causation of a man’s respiratory or pulmonary impairment, he was totally disabled, it erred. The ...

Occupational exposure to dust is a reality in many industries, but there are ways to protect yourself. Learn more about dust ...

The blast happened at the Listvyazhnaya mine when coal dust caught fire in a ventilation shaft on Thursday. Rescuers suffocated as they tried to reach dozens of missing miners. At the time of the ...

India is reviewing a decade-old $30 billion programme requiring coal-fired power plants to install equipment to cut sulphur ...

He said they had already "paid the price for the restoration promised to them with over 16 years of coal dust and noise pollution," and called for a public inquiry into the authorities' handling ...