No buildings were ablaze when the Pleasant Valley Volunteer Fire Department responded to a smoke investigation call near ...

Smoke rises from the ground in Centralia, Pa., where an uncontrolled coal-mine fire has raged for decades. After years of delay, state officials are now trying to complete the demolition of Centralia.

In 1970, Pennsylvania made a decision. Unlike Centralia, it was going to save Shenandoah. "They moved a mountain, literally moved a mountain," said Ulicny.

The clue: “About an hour from Wilkes-Barre, the Centralia Mine Fire in the Buck Mountain coal bed in this state has been ablaze since 1962.” The answer: “Where is Pennsylvania?” National recognition ...

A proposed 250-megawatt lithium-ion battery facility at the former John A. Coleman Catholic High School campus is raising ...

BATHINDA: Coal mines that have been abandoned or will be closed by the end of this decade hold enough potential photovoltaic (PV) solar capacity, finds a new report from Global Energy Monitor (GEM ...

It would allow the mine’s operator, Signal Peak Energy, to mine nearly 60 million tons of coal, mostly for export to Asia. “This is what energy leadership looks like,” Doug Burgum, the ...

Powder River Basin mines produced 258 million tons of coal in 2022, more than 43% of United States Coal production, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reports.

An environmental group wants the state hearing board to revoke a mining company’s permit to bore underneath the Pennsylvania ...

The U.S. Department of Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement have announced that $140.7 million in ...

Abandoned coal mines are on land that has already been cleared, and tend to be near electrical grids, making them ideal for feeding in renewable energy. "Over 300 surface coal mines recently out of ...

Disused coal mines could be refashioned to place vast fields of solar panels, a new report suggests, providing an unlikely solution to a common obstacle to uptake of the green energy source.