UNITY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — The work to fill an abandoned mine after a woman fell in through a sinkhole in December is almost complete. “I just couldn’t believe it. I was in shock,” said Marilyn Wisneski, ...

According to the ODNR, historical records show a coal mine in the area of South Turner Road and the Mill Creek MetroParks bike trail was abandoned 150 years ago, leaving behind steep highwalls reachin ...

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 ...

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has begun construction on eight additional abandoned mine land reclamation projects in southeast Iowa, Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig ...

HOLDEN, W.Va. (WCHS) — The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection said crews are close to finishing work on the abandoned mine that burst in the Holden area of Logan County. One blowout ...

Decades after underground coal mining all but ended in Eastern Pennsylvania, residents of certain areas continue today to face a hidden danger: mine subsidence. Gaping holes sometimes open without ...

UPDATE: For more updates on Wednesday's search and rescue efforts in Unity Township, Westmoreland County, click here. UNITY ...

Artisanal coal miner Emmanuel Siyabonga hauls a sack of coal to a client's car at the abandoned Golfview coal mine in Ermelo, South Africa. The work is grueling and hazardous but is one of the few ...

An Indiana County project is getting a half-million-dollar share of $5,222,250 in federal funds being awarded through the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for the restoration of ...

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 ...

Illinois is receiving more than $75 million dollars from the federal government to remediate abandoned mine lands across the state this year. The renewed investment, announced earlier this month, is ...

When Emmanuel Siyabonga was a boy, he wasn't fussy about the type of job he wanted when he grew up. Other boys dreamed of being footballers, doctors, soldiers. All Siyabonga wanted, he says, was a job ...