Three hundred mining jobs hang in the balance as a stalemate between the owner of Australia's largest power station, Eraring, and a Lake Macquarie coal mine continue. Origin Energy has offered the ...

Assistant Clinical Professor of Critical Resources & Sustainability Analytics, University of Maryland Across Appalachia, rust-colored water seeps from abandoned coal mines, staining rocks orange and ...

Last Czech hard coal mine shaft closes this month Ends 250 years of coal mining in Ostrava region High costs of deep mining make deep shafts uncompetitive Green transformation, shrinking steel ...

Wilburton marks 100 years since a deadly 1926 coal mine explosion that killed 91 miners, as city leaders and families honor the victims and their legacy. WILBURTON, Okla. - One hundred years ago, an ...

When the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act was signed into law in 2021, authorizing more than $11 billion in new funding to reclaim lands and waterways damaged by abandoned coal mines, the people ...

HAZLETON, Pa. — This month, the Hazleton Art League presents Anthracite Mining Heritage Month with an artist's talk at the Hayden Family Center for the Arts in Luzerne County. The current artist on ...

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Emma Mihalko (center) was named the 2025 Bituminous Coal Queen this summer. The King Coal Show’s Battle of the Barrels pits local fire departments against each other in a friendly competition. For the ...

WARSAW, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Two workers were killed due to an outburst of methane and rock masses at the Pniowek coal mine in southern Poland, owner JSW (JSW.WA), opens new tab said on Monday evening.

A former coal mine in western Maryland is now generating solar power – and it’s the largest solar farm in the state. Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) has brought Maryland’s largest solar project ...

On the morning of December 21, 1910, just four days before Christmas, the town of Westhoughton in Lancashire woke to the shock of a subterranean thunderclap. It was the sound of the Hulton Colliery ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, CA —The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) is pleased to present “The History of Coal Oil Point,” a ...