Coal — the rock, not the roll — is one of the dirtier fuel sources out there, with both mining and burning it often leading to serious medical complications for those involved. Now, though, research ...

Freight trains carrying coal pose a health risk to communities living near rail lines. (Getty) Trains carrying loads of coal bring with them higher rates of asthma, heart disease, hospitalization and ...

Although US coal consumption has fallen dramatically since 2005, the country still consumes millions of tons a year, and exports tons more—much of it transported by train. Now, new research shows that ...

Wyoming’s Powder River Basin, the largest coal-producing region in North America, suffered two major coal supply disruptions in the span of three weeks. A loaded coal train derailed four miles ...

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AND IT MADE THIS RESCUE MORE COMPLICATED. IN THIS VIDEO FROM SKY FIVE, YOU CAN SEE THE MOUNDS OF COAL IN THE RAIL CAR, BUT NOT THE WORKER WHO HAD BEEN PUSHING THE COAL TOWARDS AN OPENING IN THE BOTTOM ...

Thermal coal imports to rise despite surging local output Industries say they get half the coal trains they need Rail constraint forces shift to costlier, polluting trucks CHENNAI/BHUBANESWAR, India, ...

For nearly two decades, Bob Cone has wondered about the seemingly endless stream of coal trains he hears near his home in Larkspur. They amble southbound near Interstate 25, and he falls asleep to ...

A CSX train carrying coal derailed in Halifax County near the Virginia state line on Sunday, causing delays for trains coming from the north. The derailment of 28 loaded coal cars happened around 4 ...