Miners and their advocates worry that DOGE's cuts to the Mine Safety and Health Administration will put them at risk.

"It's callous, it's cruel, and it will endanger and destroy the lives of coal miners," said Willie Dodson, coal impacts program manager for Appalachian Voices. "MSHA needs more inspectors ...

But since lithium is considered a metal, the deposit owners are regulated under the state's tough mining laws. But after ...

His rich background has allowed him both to understand the Appalachian region and to keep the complex dynamics within the labor force in full view. His storytelling advocates for the proverbial least ...

STORY HIGHLIGHTS: CNX Resources Corp. pauses development on Appalachian hydrogen hub project ... had been interested in developing coal-mine methane and natural gas into hydrogen.