What if the remnants of America's coal boom could power the renewable future? Research suggests that abandoned mines may hide ...

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 ...

Across the United States, thousands of abandoned coal mines sit quietly beneath the ground. Old tunnels, empty shafts, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Instead of placing data centers on valuable farmland they could be located on reclaimed sites throughout the Appalachian coal ...

Just over $15 Million has been awarded to restore abandoned mine land in Pennsylvania, and just over half of that is going to Schuylkill County. The Pennsylvania ...

An oil and gas company lost over a million gallons of drilling fluid into an abandoned coal mine in Washington County over a ...

The electricity needed to power new Pennsylvania data centers already in advanced stages of planning could power 11 million homes – nearly twice the total number of households in the state. Companies ...

Scientists have developed a methodology to convert America's half a million abandoned coal mines into long-term pumped hydro energy storage facilities, offering solutions for environmental cleanup, ...