Pa. — The underground mine fire in ... We began our investigation at the site of the coal region's most famous mine fire, Centralia. Once home to more than 1,000 people, it now has fewer than ...

Many families in Pennsylvania have a similar story: a father, grandfather or great-grandfather who worked in the coal mines.

In a time when renewable energy dominates headlines, coal still quietly powers homes, hospitals, and businesses across parts of North Dakota and Minnesota, and much of that energy starts in the ...

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

CENTRALIA, Pa. - Standing before the wreckage ... in the moonscape of Centralia, a once-proud coal town whose population fled an underground mine fire that began in 1962 and continues to burn.

Explore the haunting remains of a once-thriving coal mining factory, now abandoned yet still housing thousands of dollars' worth of equipment. This video takes you through rusting machinery ...

One of Australia's largest coal mines has received approval to dig almost 19 million more tonnes of the resource in the NSW central west. There are fears Ulan Coal Mine's expansion will impact ...

HARRIMAN, Tenn. — Inside the turbine room of the Kingston Fossil Plant, heat shimmers off nine sets of giant generators and turbines connected to boilers where the Tennessee Valley Authority has ...

Police in western Pennsylvania have identified a well-dressed ... posted on Facebook black-and-white surveillance camera photos showing the man in a light-colored suit, baseball hat and athletic ...

ROUNDUP, Mont. (AP) — Former ranch hand Pat Thiele has spent years fighting a losing battle against a massive coal mine creeping underground toward his central Montana property. Mine owner ...

Smoky ground emissions of the Centralia Mine Fire are being observed not ... Origin The underground fire has been burning in abandoned deep mine workings of the Buck Mountain Coal Bed since May 1962.