Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas. It is released from natural sources (like wetlands) and human activities (coal mining, and oil ...

From Europe to North America, an energy revolution is breathing new life into empty, long-forgotten coal mine shafts—by repurposing them into places to store renewable energy. Using “gravity batteries ...

Deep inside an abandoned mine in the Krusne hory (Ore Mountains) of northwest Czech Republic, Jakub Kristek's radiation meter crackles with urgency as he picks up a fist-sized rock. "Uranium ore," he ...

NPR Photos: The perilous lives of men who salvage coal from abandoned mines It's a grueling and risky life for these miners, known as zama zamas, an isiZulu phrase translating loosely as "those who ...

The House passed a bill to repurpose $500 million meant for cleaning up coal country’s environmental and safety hazards.