CENTRALIA, Pa. - Standing before the wreckage ... on millions of tons of slow-burning anthracite coal in the abandoned network of mines beneath the town. At first, most Centralians ignored the ...

Pullman, Centralia, and Elcor are among towns whose fortunes rose and fell with one company. Some bounce back; others went ...

The benefits of nuclear reactors are straightforward: They generate climate-friendly electricity around the clock, while taking up far less land than solar or wind farms. If building new nuclear ...

Some local officials are trying to bring tourism dollars to their towns, in part to make up for the loss of the once-strong coal industry. Coal mining ... Many Pennsylvania towns have been ...

The road sign for Centralia, a coal-mining town in the heart of Pennsylvania, announces its presence on PA 61N, even though the town itself began to disappear in the 1980s and all that remains ...

StateImpact Pennsylvania convened the ... Edna Fund remembers what Centralia, Washington was like in the 1960s, before the coal mine and power plant opened. She and a friend drove to the site ...

Before 1962, Centralia, Pennsylvania, was a thriving old ... It is possible the fire reached deep into the mine and ignited a vein of coal that then spread into a much larger fire.

Founded in 1866 in Centralia, Pennsylvania, was known for its local coal mines. The town reached its peak population in the 1890s, with 2,800 residents, two theatres, multiple hotels, and 14 ...

Researchers at Michigan State University analyzed soil microbes near a mine fire that has been burning for more than 60 years and discovered that although microbial populations recovered after the ...

PENNSYLVANIA (WHTM) – Coal was a source of energy and mining ... One of those major events that caused this was the Centralia mine fires that still burn underground to this day.