Dust from open cast mining suffocates surrounding forests and inhibits trees' ability to capture carbon from the atmosphere ...

A new final rule was issued by the federal Department of Labor earlier this month that will require coal operators who ...

The blast happened at the Listvyazhnaya mine when coal dust caught fire in a ventilation shaft on Thursday. Rescuers suffocated as they tried to reach dozens of missing miners. At the time of the ...

He said they had already "paid the price for the restoration promised to them with over 16 years of coal dust and noise pollution," and called for a public inquiry into the authorities' handling ...