HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – Officials say as part of President Donald J. Trump’s America First Energy Agenda, the Department of the Interior announced the availability of nearly $725 million in fiscal ...

Portal 31 mine in Lynch, Kentucky is one of few Kentucky mines that have been repurposed into an engine of economic activity. Meredith Perkins In 1948, over 75,000 Kentuckians worked in coal mines.

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” ...

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 ...