The administration designated 10 projects throughout the country as critical, including the copper and silver mine owned by ...

Chinese export limits are energizing a push for more domestic mining of these minerals, which are used in electronics and military applications.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has granted nearly 70 coal-fired power plants a two-year exemption from federal requirements to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals such as mercury, arsenic ...

Opinion: Sen. Steve Daines is showing us that he is someone who will change the law to cater to a corrupt billion-dollar ...

Some of the worst consequences of Trump’s tariffs could fall on lithium-ion batteries, a crucial technology for electric car ...

Over the past decade, it has seen a 27% reduction in total staff, including 30% of enforcement staff in general and 50% of enforcement staff for coal mines, the law center said.Coal facts and ...

Mining fatalities over the past four decades have dropped significantly, in large part because of the dramatic decline in coal production. But the proposed DOGE cuts would require MSHA inspectors to ...

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The federal government wants the number of offices that oversee U.S. mine safety laws to align more with a shrinking coal industry CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The U.S. Mine Safety and Health ...

Voices from coal country say closures of MSHA offices will endanger mine safety Stanley “Goose” Stewart, who survived the Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster that killed 29 workers 15 years ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...