Rich Nolan joined members of Congress and many others on Capitol Hill for a Permitting Reform Legislative Day of Action to advance legislation that will modernize our nation's permitting processes.

Please SAVE THE DATE and begin making plans to attend the 46th Annual West Virginia Mine Drainage Task Force Symposium, taking place May 5–6, 2026, at the Morgantown Marriott Waterfront Conference Center in Morgantown, West Virginia.

The Kentucky Public Service Commission last week approved Kentucky Power’s plan to maintain its ownership of the Mitchell plant in West Virginia.

An updated “minibus” appropriations bill includes a proposal to withdraw $500 million from the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement’s Abandoned Mine Land funds allocated as part of the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

During 2020 to 2023, 1,754 decedents had coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP) listed on their death certificates, according to research published in the Dec. 18 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Repo

Caterpillar is driving a major leap forward in autonomous technology, announcing the introduction of intelligent machines engineered to transform construction operations worldwide.