Hundreds of people have died or were injured at abandoned mine sites. States and tribes want Congress to fund cleanups.

According to DNR, abandoned mines can be dangerous for several reasons. They may contain toxic gases, become unstable and even harbor explosive materials. On top of all that, DNR said it can be ...

With an estimated 10,000 hazardous abandoned mine openings, state officials have relaunched a program to warn the public ...

From Europe to North America, an energy revolution is breathing new life into empty, long-forgotten coal mine shafts—by repurposing them into places to store renewable energy. Using "gravity batteries ...

Two former coal mining sites in Schuylkill County that suffered heavy environmental damage during those operations decades ago and were then abandoned, will now be restored through two state grants ...

Dozens of people get injured or die in the U.S. every year because they don’t follow this simple advice: Stay out of abandoned and active mines and surrounding lands. Abandoned mines are not history ...

Scientists have developed a methodology to convert America's half a million abandoned coal mines into long-term pumped hydro ...

An abandoned mine land reclamation project in Smith Township has received a financial boost. A state grant of $193,493 was awarded to Natural Streams Foundation Inc. to support the initial planning ...

Abandoned mines and quarries are anthropogenically created subsurface and surface excavations that have ceased economic operation, forming a distinct focus of research in environmental geoscience, ...

OWENSBORO, Ky. (WEHT) — Coal mining communities in western Kentucky may soon get some much-needed economic relief as a new program aimed at helping counties replace revenue makes its way to western ...

EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Mexican police have retrieved 10 bodies from an inactive mine just east of Chihuahua City. Investigators suspect four businessmen traveling to set up a slot machine ...