Hundreds of abandoned coal mines across the Appalachian region continue to pose environmental and economic risks, prompting ...

A bill aimed at averting another government shutdown this month would divert $500 million for states and tribal governments ...

SOMERSET COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — Pennsylvania officials and agencies are moving to help over 300 workers who were laid off Friday from a Somerset County coal mine. State Rep. Carl Walker Metzgar ...

Anthracite Mining Heritage Month will be marked throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania. A full calendar of regional events is available at and will be updated with ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at mine disasters, accidents and deaths in the United States. This is a list of notable mine disasters and is not all-inclusive. December 6, 1907 – Worst coal mine disaster in US ...

Coal mining’s roots in the Pittsburgh area run deeper than the foundations of American democracy. Since the mid-1700s, years before the Declaration of Independence, Pennsylvanians have mined 250,000 ...

Climate activists worry about the high-energy demand for bitcoin mining. A once-dormant power plant is humming with activity outside Pittsburgh as thousands of miners work 24 hours a day. The miners ...

In the mid-1700s, the earliest area anthracite mines offered secure employment for local residents. Nearly 250 years later, regional mines still provide jobs. The Department of Environmental ...