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 ...

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 ...

This dramatic action underscores the need for a “just transition” — a key demand of today’s climate movement. Developed 20 to 30 years ago by environmental justice, labor and Indigenous movements, the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The train transport of coal yields significant fine particulate matter emissions in dense urban regions. The ...

This article was originally published on Undark. In a sloping backyard in Vallejo, California, Nicholas Spada adjusted a piece of equipment that looked like a cross between a tripod, a briefcase, and ...

Coal trains and terminal operations add a significant amount of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution to urban areas, more so than other freight or passenger trains, according to a study conducted ...

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, ...

Miners who blocked a railroad shipment of coal in Harlan County because they hadn’t been paid by a bankrupt coal company have ended the high-profile protest. The number of people blocking the tracks ...

Saturday marked the bittersweet end of an era for Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad with the last departure of the railroad’s sole remaining coal-burning locomotive, Engine No. 481. The last ...

Trains carrying loads of coal bring with them higher rates of asthma, heart disease, hospitalization and death for residents living nearest the rail lines, according to a new study from the University ...

The first health impact study of coal train pollution centers on the San Francisco Bay Area, with scientists finding communities near passing coal trains suffer worse health outcomes. Trains carrying ...