The House passed a bill to repurpose $500 million meant for cleaning up coal country’s environmental and safety hazards.

Historic coal mining communities could lose hundreds of millions of dollars after a U.S. House bill pulls crucial funding for ...

Abandoned coal mines could be significant sources of greenhouse gases, releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Recent research reveals that these forgotten sites continue to influence our ...

Until the passage of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) in 1980, miners across the American West extracted gold, silver, and other valuable “hardrock” ...