A North Carolina-based carbon removal company has been collecting rock dust leftover from the construction ... using the waste matter from the Sunrock mine, just outside Durham, North Carolina.

A federal program that screens coal miners for black lung disease has been shuttered because of layoffs and budget cuts.

and coal mine safety. “The NIOSH Mining Program works to eliminate mining fatalities and injuries,” Capito wrote. “Research on rock dust has resulted in safety changes to prevent explosions ...

The United Mine Workers of America and the United Steelworkers on Monday filed a motion to intervene in a federal court case ...

After nearly four decades working in underground coal mines ... causes black lung. The dust, known as crystalline silica, is generated when miners drill through rock to retrieve coal from thin ...