Pennsylvania is still cleaning up decades’ worth of coal mining pollution. Now it must also contend with millions of tons of ...

Pennsylvania is still cleaning up decades’ worth of coal mining pollution. Now it must also contend with millions of tons of fracking waste, some of it radioactive.

Hannah Wiseman is affiliated with the Center for Progressive Reform. Along with a team of other Penn State researchers, she also received a seed grant from the Penn State Institute of Energy and the ...

Netflix's "Queen of Coal," a film about a transgender coal miner starring a transgender activist, has garnered more attention ahead of its Dec. 19 release date. The description for the film reads, "A ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — The history of much of northeastern Pennsylvania is coming to life through artwork. An exhibit at the University of Scranton takes us to the time when coal was king. Jon Meyer got a ...

UI grad students listen to Sue Richter, executive director of the Vermilion County Museum, discuss the history of coal during an October visit to the museum in Danville. University of Illinois ...

The industrial foundations of Cumberland run deep. ACET researchers are determining how these now-abandoned coal mines under the village could generate geothermal energy to heat and cool buildings.

Flooded coal mines across the U.K. are being converted into geothermal heat sources capable of supplying clean district heating. Early projects in Wales and County Durham show promise but require ...

These photos document the working conditions, routines, and daily realities of early coal mining communities. Long before modern machinery and safety standards, miners of all ages worked in difficult ...

A coal miner from Kanawha County missing since Saturday following a flooding incident at the Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc.-controlled Rolling Thunder coal mine in Nicholas County, has been found ...

In this image taken from a video provided by WCHS, an emergency vehicle drives past a sign for the Rolling Thunder mine near Drennen, W.Va., Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. (WCHS via AP) CHARLESTON – Rescue ...

The miner's identity has not been publicly revealed. Efforts continue for a third day to find a missing miner at the Rolling Thunder Mine, about 50 miles east of Charleston, after the site flooded ...