These weren’t safe or stable places to explore. Two abandoned mines, each with their own risks and unknowns. Loose rock, poor ...

It was during Covid that Levi Kessler first started exploring historic underground mines in the Black Hills. Kessler only ...

A coal borehole is a drilled hole that can provide access to assess coal quality or mine for the material. An abandoned coal borehole in Queensland was found to be open and emitting pollution ...

Plans to fix up abandoned mine lands and clean a mine-polluted watershed in two Schuylkill County municipalities are moving forward thanks to a $550,000 federal grant. The money is to be used to ...

Dec. 10—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 ...

Until the passage of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) in 1980, miners across the American West extracted gold, silver, and other valuable “hardrock” ...

Globally, energy markets are transitioning away from coal and toward solar energy. In 2024, the world installed a record-breaking 599 GW of solar and has nearly 2 TW in development. Installed solar ...

The magnet fishing trip began quietly at what appeared to be an abandoned mine. Metal was being pulled without issue. Then police arrived unexpectedly. The situation escalated from exploration to ...