Swaths of Pennsylvania and many other states are honeycombed with old, unstable mines that can cause the earth to suddenly give way and threaten people and property. That's what searchers in ...
For the third year in a row, Pennsylvania has secured nearly $245 million to deal with abandoned mine lands. The funding is used for projects such as removing huge coal waste piles and leveling cliffs ...
Dave Hoffman of West Virginia University's Water Research Institute holds up a vial of light rare earth oxides at a facility that separates them from acidic groundwater draining from an abandoned coal ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Bob Casey has successfully secured $245,082,772 to address the long-standing issue of abandoned mine lands across the state. This funding, part of the third round from ...
UNITY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — The team looking for a missing Pennsylvania woman believed to have fallen into a sinkhole has determined that an abandoned coal mine is too unstable for people to safely search ...
MOUNT STORM, W.Va. — Down a long gravel road, tucked into the hills in West Virginia, is a low-slung building where researchers are extracting essential elements from an old coal mine that they hope ...