Across the United States, hulking coal plants that once symbolized industrial might are being stripped down and rebuilt as ...

The demise of coal mining in the Lackawanna valley 65 years ago also stopped the pumping of water out of the deep, underground mines. With pumps turned off, water soon filled the labyrinth of tunnels ...

The proposal would have shut down mine reclamation efforts in the state, according to the Missouri Department of Natural ...

From Europe to North America, an energy revolution is breathing new life into empty, long-forgotten coal mine shafts—by repurposing them into places to store renewable energy. Using "gravity batteries ...

By Radovan Stoklasa and Jan Lopatka STONAVA, Czech Republic, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The last Czech black coal shaft will shut at the end of January, closing the door on more than 250 years of deep mining ...

WEST FRANKFORT — Since its inception in 1941, the Old King Coal Festival has honored the region’s coal miners and their contributions to the community. The deep-rooted celebration kicks off Thursday ...

KENTUCKY (WKYT) - The U.S. Department of the Interior’s database for “known-abandoned mine land” has more than 2,800 entries for the state of Kentucky. The Ohio River Valley Institute estimates more ...