Reasons to be Cheerful explains how "gravity batteries" are giving former mines a second life—while offering an economic and ...

In the mid-1700s, the earliest area anthracite mines offered secure employment for local residents. Nearly 250 years later, ...

The federal government wants the number of offices that oversee U.S. mine ... coal producing state with just two MSHA facilities. There also are four offices slated to close in Pennsylvania ...

(AP) — The U.S. Mine Safety and ... leave the fifth-leading coal producing state with just two MSHA facilities. There also are four offices slated to close in Pennsylvania; two apiece in ...