When coal dominated South Korea’s energy mix, the city supplied roughly 30 percent of the nation’s total output and earned the nickname “black-gold city.” But as the energy landscape ...

For generations, coal communities helped power our nation. Yet across America, those communities are now at risk. Hazardous abandoned coal mine lands – relics of the pre-1977 unregulated coal ...

Coal mining was a […] The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship embarked this month on a 162-acre abandoned mine land reclamation project in the Pella Wildlife Area. This is one of about ...

Coal mining in Iowa declined in the 1920s and most mines closed in the 1950s. Reclamation of the abandoned areas began in 1983 following the federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977.

In 1948, over 75,000 Kentuckians worked in coal mines. After eight decades of increased market competition, decreased coal demand, and automized mining, fewer than 3,900 Kentuckians can find work ...

Search for missing Pennsylvania woman who fell into sinkhole shifts from rescue to recovery 02:41 "It's basically pieces of wood and a little bit of rock side walls and plywood, and it's been ...

Reclaiming abandoned coal mine's ‘ecological disaster,’ Iowa launches largest effort yet. Cami Koons. Updated Mon, October 28, 2024 at 1:58 PM UTC. 4 min read.