It’s clear that the long-suffering residents of Curtis Bay and CSX Transportation live in two distinctly different worlds. In one, the company’s terminal and piers successfully transport coal by rail, ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va — Some residents in Newport News say a 19th-century energy source has caused harm to their communities for too long. Uneita Scott says her earliest memories of coal dust started when ...

Coal dust turned into slimy black sludge all along the John Ross highway in Richards Bay after weekend rains, raising ...

NEWPORT NEWS — Southeast Community residents have long complained about coal dust pollution from passing trains, and they want the City Council to intervene. Several residents spoke Tuesday at a City ...

Newport News did not get a $20 million federal grant it hoped would help address coal dust concerns in the Southeast Community, but city leaders say they remain committed to addressing the issue.

A new study from Johns Hopkins University researchers and community partners has confirmed what residents of South Baltimore's Curtis Bay community have reported for decades: Coal dust is present in ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Community members in Norfolk say they are not standing down when it comes to a health crisis they say has plagued their neighborhoods for generations. We're talking about coal dust in ...

(WBFF) — For as long as he can remember, David Jones says the air in his Curtis Bay community has never been crystal clear. Each week, he's tasked with clearing a dirty film of dust off his home, his ...

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The Maryland Department of the Environment is requiring CSX to build a large windscreen around coal storage piles at its Curtis Bay terminal to reduce harmful dust — but nearby residents and ...

BALTIMORE -- Measurable amounts of coal dust are present on schools, playgrounds and houses in South Baltimore's Curtis Bay neighborhood which is bordered by an open-air coal terminal, according to a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Coal miners will be better protected from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the premature deaths of thousands of mine workers from a respiratory ailment commonly known as ...