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Kemerovo Governor Sergei Tsivilyov (center) speaks to the media in the Listvyazhnaya mine building, near Belovo, in the Kemerovo region of southwestern Siberia, Russia, Friday. A devastating explosion in the Siberian coal mine Thursday left dozens of min

Rescuers find a survivor after a Siberian coal mine exploded but many are feared dead

Nov 26, 2021
Russian authorities released the names of 51 people presumed dead after a devastating methane explosion in a coal mine in Siberia, believed to be the country's deadliest mining incident since 2010.
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The COP26 summit
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a news conference at the U.N. Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, on Tuesday.

The U.K. considers its 1st new coal mine in decades even as it calls to phase out coal

Nov 04, 2021
A town in northern England wants to open a coking coal mine to create jobs. But while hosting the U.N. climate summit, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is urging countries to slash greenhouse gases.
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Newscast headlines

Navajo Company Shuts Coal Mine In Dispute Over Sovereignty

Oct 25, 2019

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — One of the largest coal mines in the U.S. was indefinitely shuttered Thursday in a dispute over whether its new owner should be immune as a tribal entity from future lawsuits for environmental violations or reclamation costs.

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Changing Mongolia
Trucks churn up coal dust at the Tavan Tolgoi coal mine in the South Gobi desert. The Tavan Tolgoi deposit is estimated to possess 6.5 billion tons of coal, including high-grade coking coal  —  a product vital to the steel-making process.

Mongolia's Long Road To Mining Wealth

Jul 31, 2019
Mongolia is undergoing a dramatic transformation from a pastoral society to one whose economy is based on mining, especially copper and coal. With the change has come opportunity — and loss.
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Newscast headlines

Environmental Groups Sue White House Over Approved Utah Mining Project

Apr 18, 2019
Environmental organizations are suing the Trump administration over the approval a coal-mining project near a national park in southern Utah.

A coalition of groups including the National Parks Conservation Association filed the lawsuit this week in federal court in Utah.

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Investigations
Respiratory therapist Deena Neace checks James Muncy's blood pressure and pulse during a therapy session at the New Beginnings Pulmonary Rehab Clinic in South Williamson, Ky. Muncy is one of thousands of coal miners across Appalachia who are dying of adv

'I Figured It Was Going To Be A Horrible Death, And It Probably Will Be'

Jan 23, 2019
Thousands of coal miners across Appalachia are grappling with complicated black lung, a disease that has drastically changed their lives, their communities and their families.
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Shots - Health News
In recent years, Delta County, Colo., has been attracting new residents from urban areas who want to live the small-town lifestyle.

A Rural Colorado Coal County Was Struggling. Then A Tech Company Brought New Jobs

Oct 19, 2018
For the first time in years, Delta County in western Colorado is experiencing population growth, one indicator that rural Americans are increasingly feeling optimistic about their economic future.
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The Two-Way
Sliced sections of lungs show the damage and disease caused by excessive exposure to coal and silica dust. The middle slide depicts a lung with fibrotic tissue resulting from simple coal workers' pneumoconiosis or black lung. The slide on the right shows

NPR Continues To Find Hundreds Of Cases Of Advanced Black Lung

Jul 01, 2017
Black lung results from exposure to coal dust. Progressive massive fibrosis is an especially aggressive form, blamed on inhalation of silica dust from the cutting of quartz rock and coal together.
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Politics

FACT CHECK: Is President Trump Correct That Coal Mines Are Opening?

Jun 02, 2017
Locals in Jennerstown, Pa., are celebrating the grand opening of a coal mine and the estimated 70 jobs it brings. But the broad trends pushing the industry down are likely to continue, experts say.
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Parallels
Coal miner Wu Songtao worries he won't be able to find another job after the Longhua coal mine where he works closes at the end of this year. "Now we won't be able to take care of our parents or children," he says.

As China's Coal Mines Close, Miners Are Becoming Bolder In Voicing Demands

Mar 14, 2017
State-run coal mines are shutting down in China's rust belt. Facing layoffs, miners are worried about their future — and in the absence of labor unions, are organizing to demand better treatment.
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Shots - Health News
James Bounds is a West Virginia miner with black lung disease; it took him 4 1/2 years to get compensation benefits. A provision in Obamacare later made qualifying for those benefits much easier.

Obamacare Repeal Threatens A Health Benefit Popular In Coal Country

Jan 24, 2017
The Affordable Care Act made it faster and easier for a coal miner with black lung to get compensation benefits. Many in coal country want that provision retained, even if the larger law is repealed.
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Energy
President-elect Donald Trump's promises to bring back miner jobs and open mines again appealed to many voters in coal country.

Coal Country Picked Trump. Now, They Want Him To Keep His Promises

Jan 01, 2017
Voters in coal country overwhelmingly chose Donald Trump. They liked his promises to create jobs, even if they didn't like his other rhetoric. Now, they're waiting to see if coal can make a comeback.
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Black Lung Returns To Coal Country
A NIOSH black lung surveillance van at the fire station in Wharton, W.Va., in 2012.

Advanced Black Lung Cases Surge In Appalachia

Dec 15, 2016
An NPR investigation has documented dramatic spikes in complicated black lung, the most serious stage of the deadly coal miners' disease.
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The Two-Way

Search Continues For 20 Miners Missing After Blast In China

Nov 01, 2016
More than 24 hours after an explosion struck a coal mine in southwestern China, 20 miners are still missing. Hundreds of rescuers are working around the clock to find if the trapped miners are alive.
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The Salt
Farmer Sky Edwards has tried to start a farmers market in McDowell County, W.Va., but so far it hasn't been successful. So he travels 60 miles round trip each week to sell vegetables in Bluefield, W.Va., where residents have more cash to spend on groceri

In Coal Country, Farmers Get Creative To Bridge The Fresh Produce Gap

Oct 18, 2016
At least a quarter of people in West Virginia struggle to afford groceries. In one county, two farmers are finding new ways to help their neighbors sell the food they grow and eat more healthfully.
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Economy
Former coal miners are trained as linesmen in a program co-sponsored by the Hazard Community and Technical College and the Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program in Hazard, Ky.

Eastern Kentucky Tries To Keep Former Coal Miners From Leaving

Sep 03, 2016
For a long time, coal was king in eastern Kentucky. But the industry today is hemorrhaging jobs. The region is now struggling to rebuild its economy and find new jobs for unemployed miners.
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All Tech Considered
Software coders (from left) William Stevens, Michael Harrison and Brack Quillen work at the Bit Source office in Pikeville, Ky., in February. The year-old firm has trained laid-off coal workers to become software coders.

From Coal To Code: A New Path For Laid-Off Miners In Kentucky

May 06, 2016
The state's coal industry is shrinking fast; more than 10,000 workers have lost their jobs since 2008. A small firm in eastern Kentucky is turning unemployed coal workers into software developers.
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The Two-Way
In 2006, a bulldozer sits ready for work at Peabody Energy's Gateway Coal Mine near Coulterville, Ill. Peabody is the latest coal company to declare bankruptcy.

U.S. Coal Giant Peabody Energy Files For Bankruptcy

Apr 13, 2016
As the coal industry struggles with falling prices, weak Chinese demand, regulatory changes and competition from fracking, St. Louis-based Peabody has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
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The Two-Way
Members of Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry attend a ceremony for miners killed at the Severnaya coal mine in a town north of the Arctic Circle.

36 People Killed In Coal Mine Explosions And Fire, Russia Says

Feb 29, 2016
The explosions, which occurred over several days, are being blamed on a buildup of methane gas. When the first one shook the mine in the Komi Republic in northwest Russia, 111 miners were underground.
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The Two-Way
The federal government will stop issuing new coal leases on some 570 million acres of federal land, under a new plan being released Friday. In this photo from 2013, coal is loaded onto a truck at a mine built on federally controlled land in Montana.

U.S. Announces Moratorium On New Coal Leases On Federal Lands

Jan 15, 2016
The change won't affect existing leases, which generated nearly $1.3 billion for the federal government's coal program last year.
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World
India Gate, a central Delhi landmark, is barely visible through thick smog in early November. The city's air quality has hit new lows recently.

India's Quandary: Climate Change And Coal

Nov 27, 2015
Coal is king in India. Some say there's little alternative. So how can this country, the world's third-largest polluter, provide energy and lift millions from poverty while trying to become "greener"?
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Politics
A coal scraper machine works on a pile of coal at American Electric Power's Mountaineer coal power plant in 2009 in  New Haven, W. Va. The state, in which coal mining is a major industry, is one party planning to sue the Environmental Protection Agency r

New Power Plant Rules Likely To Start Slow-Burning Debate, Legal Action

Aug 04, 2015
A huge legal battle is coming over the White House plan to address climate change with additional power plant regulations. The coal industry has the most to lose, and plans to take the EPA to court.
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Science
A plume of steam billows from the coal-fired Merrimack Station in Bow, N.H. in January 2015.

Supreme Court Rules In Industry's Favor. What's EPA's Next Move?

Jun 29, 2015
Monday's decision from the high court technically only applies to the Clean Air Act's standards on mercury emissions from power plants. But it could affect future EPA regulations, legal experts say.
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The Two-Way
Don Blankenship, former CEO of Massey Energy, faces trial on federal conspiracy charges related to the 2010 fatal explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia.

Feds Add Coal-Dust Coverup Allegation To Mine CEO's Indictment

Mar 10, 2015
Six weeks before trial, the government accused Don Blankenship of hiding the true levels of breathable coal dust in a West Virginia mine that later exploded. He already faced conspiracy charges.
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