Abandoned coal mines in Enugu state pose environmental, life threats Enugu govt. moves to revitalize the industry, reaches ...

The High Court of Meghalaya on Monday said the state respondent cannot be slack or not follow up on the steps initiated in the matter relating to illegal coal mining in the state just because the ...

Inevitably, coal reserves are depleted as coal extraction progresses and mines are closed and abandoned. Abandoned mines continue to emit methane for many years after closure, yet their emissions ...

"There are people that are fearful right now in our oldest communities in Unity Township, and we have to come up with a plan," the board chair says.

A bill to make cleaning up abandoned hard rock mines easier is expected to become law after the House of Representatives ...

(AP Photo/Matt Freed) A copy of a hand-drawn map used by first responders shows the area of an abandoned coal mine, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, during a news conference in Unity Township, Pa., ...

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They also have conducted oral interviews with the descendants of the Jewish merchants who helped build the once thriving coal-mining town of Barnesboro. Barnesboro merged with another small ...

Crews recently began work on an abandoned mine fire in Carbon County which put out plumes of hazardous smoke into the air ...

State officials with expertise in abandoned mines were consulted. The team began to pump oxygen into the hole in hopes that she was alive. And they widened the hole and tried to access the spot ...

Others left pillars of coal in place to support the roof, but they don't always prevent settling over time. The state Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation will examine the scene when the search ...