The U.S. coal industry, meanwhile, has been on an almost two-decade decline as more domestic utilities switch to cleaner fuels. That means exports account for a growing share of revenue.

In effect, an escalating trade war could undermine Trump’s goal of saving coal. “As long as they’ve got somebody to buy it, they’ll keep mining,” said Thiele. “But a reaction could ...

ROUNDUP, Mont. — (AP) — Former ranch hand Pat Thiele has spent years fighting a losing battle against a massive coal mine creeping underground toward his central Montana property. Mine owner ...

Former ranch hand Pat Thiele has spent years fighting a losing battle against a massive coal mine creeping underground toward his central Montana property. Mine owner Signal Peak Energy sits atop ...

Pat Thiele connects a hose to a water tank as he fills a trough used by his cattle in the Bull Mountains, on May 21, 2025, near Roundup, Montana. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown) ...

ROUNDUP, Mont. — (AP) — Former ranch hand Pat Thiele has spent years fighting a losing battle against a massive coal mine creeping underground toward his central Montana property. Mine owner Signal ...

Republicans in southwestern Michigan rallied the president to intervene before the J.H. Campbell coal plant closes. Now they’re hoping for more. WEST OLIVE, Michigan — President Donald Trump ...

The complex began operating in 1962. The U.S. Energy Department ordered a Michigan coal-fired power plant to remain open, at least until late August, citing possible electricity shortfalls in the ...

1 School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui Province Engineering Laboratory for Mine Ecological Remediation, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, China 2 Geological Survey Division, Huaibei ...

OTTAWA COUNTY, MI -- The Trump administration has stepped in to temporarily stop the closure of Consumers Energy’s last coal-fired electric plant. It’s a move some hail as a bold effort to ...