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Outside Contura Energy’s Cumberland Mine in Waynesburg, Greene County.
December 2, 2020 | 2:12 PM

Biden administration could mean new safety regulations for coal mines

An NPR/PBS Frontline investigation found that the federal government failed to respond to clear danger signs over the years.

By Robert Benincasa, NPR
FILE PHOTO: In an Aug, 26, 2007 file photo, Robert Murray, center, chief executive of Murray Energy Corp., smiles while talking to Dave Canning, left, and Mike Glassom, right, two miners in charge of drilling bore holes into the Crandall Canyon M before a news conference northwest of Huntington, Utah.
October 1, 2020 | 12:00 PM

Bob Murray, who fought black lung regulations as a coal operator, has filed for black lung benefits

Murray said he worked in underground mines and is entitled to benefits. He disputed that he fought against regulations to quell the disease or fought against miners receiving benefits.

By Brittany Patterson and Dave Mistich, Ohio Valley Resource
A group of coal miners listen to former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt during his visit to Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company's Harvey Mine in Sycamore, Pa., Thursday, April 13, 2017.
September 28, 2020 | 7:00 AM

‘My friends were lied to’: Will coal miners stand by Trump as jobs disappear?

The Trump administration set about weakening or scrapping a slew of environmental rules that bound the industry. But there are about 5,000 fewer miners than when Trump took office.

By Oliver Milman, The Guardian
The Brunner Island coal-fired plant located on the west bank of Susquehanna River.
September 3, 2020 | 6:44 PM

For now, latest federal rollback of coal regs won’t affect PA plants

EPA rollback weakens waste water regs for some plants
By Reid Frazier
Cheswick Generating Station in Springdale, Pa.
August 28, 2020 | 5:09 PM

Federal judges throw out ‘gaping loophole’ in Pa.’s coal pollution plan

Judges: Coal plants could ‘evade’ ozone rules with Pennsylvania regs
By Reid Frazier
Coal is piled up at the the Blaschak Coal Corporation pit mine Dec. 4, 2018, in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania.
June 26, 2020 | 5:42 PM

U.S. Department of Energy putting money into coal ‘innovation’ grants

$122 million to go to research into using coal as a base for materials
By Reid Frazier
Bruce Mansfield coal-fired power plant in Shippingport, Pa., which was retired early in November 2019.
June 24, 2020 | 5:38 AM

Pa. lawmakers hear from industry, environmental advocates on impact of cap-and-trade program

The Senate Environmental Resources and Energy committee on Tuesday invited regulators, industry representatives, and environmental advocates to talk about the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

By Rachel McDevitt
The Brunner Island coal-fired plant located on the west bank of Susquehanna River.
April 28, 2020 | 6:32 AM

Ex-EPA official: Rollback of Mercury and Air Toxics Standards ‘forshadows what’s to come’

By Reid Frazier
Coal is piled up at the the Blaschak Coal Corporation pit mine Dec. 4, 2018, in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania.
April 27, 2020 | 5:15 AM

The coal industry was already struggling. Now it’s getting hammered by coronavirus

'Everything that can go wrong, has gone wrong'
By Reid Frazier
A view of the Colver Power Project in Cambria County.
April 10, 2020 | 5:38 PM

EPA rolls back air regulations for waste coal plants in western Pa., W.Va.

Mercury rule exemption applies to three plants in Pennsylvania, one in West Virginia
By Reid Frazier
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