John Hillenbrand, EPA project manager and geologist, said it will take several years before cleanup efforts begin at ...

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 ...

Hidden beneath Georgia’s landscape, an old gold mine tunnel offers a glimpse into a forgotten chapter of mining history. The ...

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

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

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

A combination of federal intervention and rising energy demand have stalled coal’s decline, but experts see little hope of a ...

Tucked away inside James H. Floyd State Park in Georgia is an abandoned marble mine rarely seen up close. Once part of the ...

New findings shed light on the mechanisms behind a natural purification process and identify the key microbial “teammates” that enable mosses to remove metals from water. A promising moss species was ...

Peduase (E/R), Dec. 12, GNA – The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has cautioned communities against entering abandoned and inactive mine sites. It said unauthorised entry posed severe risks, ...

New Mexico's Environment Department plans to finish cleaning up at least one abandoned uranium mine by next summer, and has begun site evaluations at 15 uranium mine and mill sites in the northwest ...