This week my wife and I head back to a local Coal Mining Ghost Town here in Alabama! Our plan of action is to mudlark the ...

Funding gaps, regulatory red tape and a shortage of skilled workers are stalling the UK’s mine-water heating projects.

From Europe to North America, an energy revolution is breathing new life into empty, long-forgotten coal mine shafts ... toward renewable storage in abandoned mines is supported by research ...

In 2012, thousands of Carolina residents were warned not to drink their tap water due to high acidity. After legal proceedings by Lawyers for Human Rights and the Legal Resources Centre on behalf of ...

Ramgarh, Apr 21 (PTI) A massive fire broke out at an abandoned coal mine in Rajrappa in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district, enveloping the area in thick black smoke, officials said on Monday.

A major underground fire in an abandoned Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) mine near Rajrappa threatens 10,000 residents of Bhuchungdih village. Toxic gases are being released, raising fears of ...

This approach not only gives these disused mines a second life but also offers economic and environmental benefits to communities once reliant on coal. Hundreds of thousands of abandoned mines ...

Coal production history v today's mining village. Jingyi Li, CC BY-NC-ND The UK has a vast network of abandoned coal mines, especially in north-east England, which once produced 14% of the nation ...