The Nature's Wonderland ecotourism site on an abandoned mine land that is now home to Elk and has several trails throughout. (Photo by Charlie Paullin/Virginia Mercury) Southwest Virginia has been ...
The Biden administration has committed $22 million to reclaim abandoned coal mines in Southwest Virginia, the New River Valley and Central Virginia. The investment, announced last week, builds on ...
BUCHANAN COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) — Two people were found dead inside an abandoned coal mine in Buchanan County, according to authorities. The Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office said the bodies of Jerry ...
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 ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Nearly $725 million in federal funding is available this fiscal year to 22 states and the Navajo Nation for the reclamation of abandoned coal mines and cleanup of acid mine ...
Demand for rare elements used in clean energy could help clean up abandoned coal mines in Appalachia
MOUNT STORM, W.Va. — Down a long gravel road, tucked into the hills in West Virginia, is a low-slung building where researchers are extracting essential elements from an old coal mine that they hope ...
At first, four people were trapped inside. But one of them, Eddie Williams, managed to get out Monday and told the authorities that Kayla Williams, 25, Erica Treadway ...
GREENSBURG, Pa. — A non-profit animal rescue in Westmoreland County made a six-hour drive to save six puppies who were found abandoned in a coal mine shaft in West Virginia. Sharyn Fisher, the owner ...
Demand for rare elements used in clean energy could help clean up abandoned coal mines in Appalachia
Dave Hoffman, left, and Paul Ziemkiewicz of West Virginia University’s Water Research Institute check on clarifying pools at a facility they run where rare earth minerals are separated from acidic ...
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