Residents fight to keep a power plant and sprawling data center out of their scenic corner of Appalachia—despite a new state law promoting the use of coal and natural gas to fuel AI projects.

In 2016, Trump seized on the issue, promising to end what he described as Democratic President Barack Obama’s “war on coal” and to save miners’ jobs. It helped in West Virginia ...

Miners agree. "You don't take care of the miners, you ain't going to mine coal," said one. "The machine don't run by itself, you know what I'm saying?" About 800 NIOSH employees placed on leave have ...

For West Virginia miners like Harry Wiley ... Trump Just Escalated His War on Coal Miners. Their Unions Are Fighting Back. The Trump administration’s feckless business-first, workers-last ...

Chris Hamilton, head of the West Virginia Coal Association, said the state produces about half of U.S metallurgical coal exported to China, which is now a key target of Trump’s trade war.

In 2016, Trump seized on the issue, promising to end what he described as Democratic President Barack Obama’s “war on coal” and to save miners’ jobs. It helped in West Virginia ...

May marks the anniversary of two of the most defining, but often overlooked, battles in American labor history: the Matewan ...

Last month, in a bid to entice tech firms to the state, West Virginia passed legislation promoting the use of natural gas and coal to power artificial-intelligence projects. But residents are ...