Vonnegut mentioned his “canary-bird-in-the-coal-mine theory” again in a 1973 interview with Playboy. Artists, he explained, ...

President Trump signed four executive actions on Tuesday aimed at reversing policies that transitioned the country away from coal production and aimed at boosting America's "beautiful clean coal ...

“All those plants that have been closed are going to be opened, if they’re modern enough ... the nation’s largest coal mines. It’s also home to a massive power plant in Colstrip, Montana, that emits ...

Eric Anderson, a 44-year-old coal miner, voted for Donald Trump to keep West Virginia’s mines humming and applauded the president’s executive orders allowing power plants to burn more coal.

FOSTER, West Virginia— Robert Cash, a third-generation coal ... new air of hope. Attendees walked past displays of shining new equipment such as the low-slung “mantrip” that takes miners ...

(AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed several changes that would affect the struggling U.S. coal industry. Trump issued executive orders this month to allow mining on ...

For the coal mining industry, the orders also expand access to coal reserves, including those on federally managed land, and streamline permitting processes. "All those plants that have been closed ...