With growing interest in mining critical metals from the seafloor, countries are now negotiating international rules. The Trump administration is forging ahead on its own, speeding up environmental ...

Congress responded by passing the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, which required government oversight and enforcement at coal mines and established breathable dust standards — the ...

Global negotiations over the future of the deep sea are underway this week in Kingston, Jamaica where member states of the International Seabed Authority have gathered to continue shaping a regulatory ...

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Over the past few years, local author J.A. Stein has published novels set in medieval times and contemporary Schuylkill ...

Former coal communities face higher death rates from suicide, drugs and alcohol revealing lasting effects of industrial decline.