The General Assembly allocated $76,008 to the Virginia Department of Historic Resources to cover the costs of 15 new markers at or near the sites of lynchings.

Residents question plans to extend the life of a coal mine for 110 years when the power plant it supplies is set to close in ...

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have found a way to convert the nation's 500,000 abandoned coal mines into long-term energy storage using pumped hydro technology. Repurposing the mines ...

Two former coal mining sites in Schuylkill County that suffered heavy environmental damage during those operations decades ...

BHP Group told workers at its vast coal operations across Queensland that the mines can no longer “compete for investment” and the company was receiving no returns from the projects. The mines in the ...

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BHP (BHP) said Tuesday its vast coal operations across Queensland, Australia, can no longer "compete for investment," and the company is receiving no returns from the projects, Bloomberg reported.

For some, these are the boom times: 401(k)'s are surging, the stock market has hit an all-time high. But drive just 350 miles from the nation's capitol and the conversation isn't about how to get rich ...

ACNR coal mines idled Posted: February 24, 2026 | Last updated: February 24, 2026 West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey responded to the situation during a press conference in Charleston on Tuesday ...

Tensions are rising in an Eastern Kentucky community over whether the county government will permit construction of a 450-acre, privately owned and operated landfill on an abandoned surface mine.

As many as half a million abandoned coal mines dot the United States. These mines pose a major threat to public health and safety, in addition to environmental well-being. While many of these sites ...

JOHNSTOWN — The girl and woman commonly known as Pocahontas lived in a matrilineal Tsenacommacah society, meaning that kinship, social status, power and inheritance traced through the female lines of ...