Long-abandoned coal mines may still be quietly releasing CO₂ into the atmosphere through their drainage waters.

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The film portrays the 2010 Pike River underground coal mine disaster, in which 29 workers lost their lives, and the fight by ...

Drainage from abandoned coal mines can carry massive loads of carbon dioxide, venting to the air decades or even centuries ...

For the first time in three decades, there’s a new leader atop the United Mine Workers of America. Cecil Roberts officially ...

The Endeavor incident that killed two workers last week is far from an isolated tragedy. It is part of a growing pattern, in ...

Mackenzie Stirling, 24, was the sole survivor when explosive discs detonated unexpectedly underground at Endeavor Mine in ...

But the opposite may be true — acidic water leaking from abandoned coal mines continues releasing carbon dioxide (CO2) into the air, even centuries later. According to a study, mine drainage can keep ...

Not all that long ago, canaries were regularly carried down into coal mines to serve as indicators of hazardous gases, like the colorless and odorless carbon monoxide. If the bird died, it was a sign ...

For the past 250 years, people have mined coal industrially in Pennsylvania, U.S.. By 1830, the city of Pittsburgh was using more than 400 tons of the fossil fuel every day. Burning all that coal has ...

and safety liability accidents. Their results show that doubling PM(2.5) concentrations is associated with a 2.6-fold increase in accident risk, 37% more fatalities, and 51% more total casualties, ...

Midwestern electricity ratepayers will pay the still-mounting tab under a plan Consumers Energy reported to regulators and ...