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 ...

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 ...

The incidence of so-called “black lung disease” has been roaring back due to mechanized coal extraction technology.

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

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