Hundreds of people have died or were injured at abandoned mine sites. States and tribes want Congress to fund cleanups. Cash-pinched states and tribes are struggling to protect the public from ...

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After a long hike through bear country, we reach a 120-year-old abandoned mine deep in the mountains. The original plan was to sleep inside the mine, but wet ground and hidden dangers forced us to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As many as half a million abandoned coal mines dot the United States. These mines pose a major threat to public health and safety, ...

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have found a way to convert the nation's 500,000 abandoned coal mines into long-term energy storage using pumped hydro technology. Repurposing the mines ...

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 ...

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A mother cow wouldn't leave her calf after it fell down an abandoned mine shaft in the Campo Seco area this weekend. Calaveras Consolidated Fire says the calf fell into the pit on Saturday.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Two projects to reclaim abandoned mine lands and restore polluted streams in Schuylkill County are set to receive millions in new funding. The following projects received a total of ...

Wangda Zuo receives funding from National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, and Penn State. He is a Fellow American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Wangda Zuo, Penn State (THE CONVERSATION) The electricity needed to power new ...