Cumberland is testing whether its abandoned coal mines can become a town-wide geothermal network that supports redevelopment, economic growth, and lower emissions.

A historic museum on the site of a former coalmine is set to reopen later this year after being bought by a miner's son. Haig Colliery Mining Museum in Kells, Whitehaven, closed in 2016 amid financial ...

When coal mines shut down, most people assume their climate impact ends. But the opposite may be true — acidic water leaking from abandoned coal mines continues releasing carbon dioxide (CO2) into the ...

The country leads the world in converting old coal mining sites into solar-power projects, according to Global Energy Monitor China leads the world in converting decommissioned coal-mining sites into ...

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 ...

Gerald Lucas first picked up a No. 4 coal shovel in 1972. For the next 45 years, he worked underground. We’re more than a hundred feet under Beckley, West Virginia, when the lights go out. One minute, ...

Globally, nearly 7,000 coal mines, more than 2,400 coal-fired power plants and hundreds of coal rail networks, trucks and port terminals all make up the world’s coal industry. When coal is phased out ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A coal refuse fire in an abandoned mining area in Chesterfield reignited on Monday. A cloud of smoke could be seen rising from an old coal pile in the Winterpock ...