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

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Mineral Resources Management recently awarded funding to six new projects that will help communities across Ohio impacted by abandoned ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Rocks stained by acid mine drainage in Monday Creek, photographed on Aug. 12, 2025. (Photo by Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal.) Stretches of rust orange, acidic water flow through hilly southeastern ...

Coal mines are notorious sources of acid mine drainage, but the orange sludge that threatens water supplies and wildlife also ...

When Emmanuel Siyabonga was a boy, he wasn't fussy about the type of job he wanted when he grew up. Other boys dreamed of being footballers, doctors, soldiers. All Siyabonga wanted, he says, was a job ...