"If you have anything you can give to this effort to fight back, I would say do it now because your kids' future depends on ...

President Donald Trump has called for the expansion of U.S. coal production, claiming that an increase of "clean" coal ...

Apart from breathing issues like breathlessness and pain in the chest, signs and symptoms of lung cancer extend way beyond, ...

Air pollution is a silent but deadly threat affecting millions of people worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) ...

This week the EPA announced the rollback of a wide swath of regulations, many of which could worsen air quality. Experts say ...

Rate of black lung disease among miners may be 10 times higher than reported Lung disease is a well-known deadly consequence of working in the coal industry. But a new NPR study finds miners are ...

Carbon County has a long history in coal mining. For hundreds of years, the region, which is known as the Coal Region, has been a large source of anthracite coal to heat homes, power operations and ...

Most use individual coal burners to stay warm in the winter ... "It is impossible for people who are breathing this air to ...

Black lung disease, or coal workers' pneumoconiosis, causes inflammation and scarring of the lungs. Rates of black lung disease have increased over recent decades — and in Kentucky and other ...