In eastern Pennsylvania, a coal seam has been smoldering underground for more than six decades, long enough to empty out an ...

Scientists found that abandoned mine pools could potentially be reused to cool data centres. They developed a model to estimate how much heat these pools could absorb while maintaining suitable ...

Swaths of Pennsylvania and many other states are honeycombed with old, unstable mines that can cause the earth to suddenly give way and threaten people and property. That's what searchers in ...

There are about 500,000 abandoned mines in the United States, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and these long-forgotten facilities can pose a variety of risks to people unaware ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Wangda Zuo, Penn State (THE CONVERSATION) The electricity needed to power new ...

Dozens of people get injured or die in the U.S. every year because they don’t follow this simple advice: Stay out of abandoned and active mines and surrounding lands. Abandoned mines are not history ...

Mike Darnay is a digital producer and photojournalist at CBS Pittsburgh. Mike has also written and produced content for Vox Media and the Mon Valley Independent. He often covers overnight breaking ...

Heather Lang is a senior web producer for CBS Pittsburgh who has been with the KDKA team since 2007. UNITY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) - At least another full day of digging will be needed to find a woman ...

Swaths of Pennsylvania and many other states are honeycombed with old, unstable mines that can cause the earth to suddenly give way and threaten people and property. That’s what searchers in ...