The Trump administration has cut programs that protected workers from lung disease, aided those afflicted, and kept miners safe.

U.S. District Judge Irene C. Berger said Trump administration officials lack the authority to unilaterally cancel the screening program for black lung.

Among the workers is 36-year-old Iryna Ostanko, effusive and athletic, smiling at her fellow coal workers in the cold dawn as they walk to the mine, owned by DTEK, Ukraine's private energy supplier.

The Trump administration on Tuesday temporarily reinstated dozens of fired federal workers who help screen coal miners for black lung, a deadly and incurable disease caused by inhaling toxic coal ...

Over 100 federal employees who screen coal miners for black lung disease and research other respiratory disease who had been ...

In the 1980s, retrenched workers sometimes set up worker co-operatives to regain control. Now the model is making a comeback in green manufacturing ...

Suddenly, one person on the call can be seen shaking in place. The worker can be seen instantly jumping up from his chair and running off-screen. After a few seconds, he sits back down in his ...

An explosion in a coal mine in eastern Iran killed at least 33 workers and injured 17 others, officials said Sunday, marking one of the worst mining disasters in the country's history as others ...

A worker at the Byerwen Coal Mine near Glenden, about 160 kilometres west of Mackay, has died in a surface incident. Queensland Resources Minister Scott Stewart has confirmed the incident involved ...