DOGE terminated leases for more mine safety offices in Kentucky than any other state, a move advocates say comes at the expense of miners' health.

Diversified Energy president and chief financial officer Brad Gray claimed that his company's natural gas and coal mine ...

A former surface mine in Pike County, in Eastern Kentucky, had not been fully reclaimed in December 2023 even though there had been no mining at the site in several years. Appalachian Voices Coal ...

With a few exceptions, most remaining coal mining in Kentucky consists of small mines ... black lung organizer for the ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The Department of Government Efficiency revealed last week the cancellation of six mine safety office leases in the state of Kentucky. Nationwide, the leases for 29 Mine Safety ...

Despite reservations voiced by Republicans, a Kentucky legislative committee advanced a bill that would roll back a state ...

West Virginia produced 89 million tons of coal in 2021, according to the latest data recorded by the state miners’ office. That figure is down sharply from the 1940s through the late 1990s ...

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, MSHA needs more resources," he said.