Lisa Emery, a respiratory therapist, is deeply concerned about West Virginia coal miners suffering from black lung disease.

The United Nations Mine Action Service estimates between 5% and 10% of Israeli weapons fired into Gaza in the past two years ...

A gas explosion in a coal mine in Iran's South Khorasan Province killed dozens of workers and injured many more. Saturday evening's accident was caused by a methane ...

Mayor Steve Morrison reminds of a November 9 tragedy that citizens will remember now for generations as this past year a ...

West Virginia's governor says the search for a trapped worker inside a flooded coal mine remains a rescue operation ...

Rescuers are still continuing to search for a missing coal miner, who has been trapped in a flooded West Virginia mine since ...

Emergency responders were hoping to use an underwater drone Sunday to reach a miner trapped deep inside a flooded West Virginia coal mine, authorities said.

Deep in the hills of West Virginia, coal mining and the dangers that come with it have been a part of families’ lives for ...

A massive search operation is underway in West Virginia, where officials say crews are "working around the clock" and ...

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas. It is released from natural sources (like wetlands) and human activities (coal mining, and oil and gas production). It is also emitted by agriculture (especially ...

The Beaconsfield and Grosvenor disasters are just two among many which demonstrate that mining workers cannot entrust their ...

An Irish man has been killed in an explosion at a mine in Australia. Ambrose “Ambie” McMullen (59), originally from Cootehill, Co Cavan, was one of three people caught up in the blast. A woman in her ...