As American energy companies decrease their coal production, many wonder what comes next for the communities left behind.

Some of the reasons why the world has not been able to quit coal are obvious, and some are less so. Coal is cheap and abundant — particularly in developing economies such as China, India and Indonesia ...

Union Pacific tried to shut down future claims tied to century-old mining - but the Seventh Circuit says not so fast ...

Preserved there in the sounds of the auto harp, upright bass and guitar and the high notes of old time gospel singing ... his side in a low mine shaft, digging anthracite coal with a pick ax.

The Justice Department has told the president he can abolish monuments. Six have already come under scrutiny at the Interior ...

Republicans' "Big Beautiful Bill" is estimated to kick millions of people off Medicaid, causing concern for health care ...

"That is the second time it had burned," Mooney said ... Mooney's ranch wasn't the only old mine that started coal fires. "There was coal mined everywhere. Every ranch had a canyon or draw ...

Nestled in the embrace of the Pocono Mountains, where Victorian mansions perch on hillsides and the Lehigh River carves through a dramatic gorge, lies a town so picturesque it earned the nickname “The ...

Nestled in the embrace of the Pocono Mountains, where Victorian mansions perch on hillsides and the Lehigh River carves through a dramatic gorge, lies a Pennsylvania treasure that feels like it was ...

While the demise of coal has been great for US emissions, the real driver is economics. Coal used to be the cheapest form of ...

A mining and processing business in California is replacing one coal plant but says another could stay online for many years.

Deep in the hills of Georgia, we explored a historic old gold mine packed with steep, winding tunnels. In this video, we trace the paths of early prospectors, navigate sharp drops and narrow passages, ...