Federal officials are advancing a request to dig up coal on federal land that the Biden administration stopped short of ...

North Dakota's largest coal plant could help power a new industrial park just a few years after financial issues almost led ...

Coal mined in North Dakota today is used primarily to generate electricity. Mines begin the cleanup process, known as reclamation, as they finish mining one area and move to another.

An environmental group claims rescinding the rule would cost lives. The Big Jake dragline excavator works the BNI Coal lignite mine May 13, 2020, near Center, North Dakota.

Once reaching North Antelope Rochelle Mine, the tornado’s 120-130 mph gusts tore metal roof and wall panels from workshops while flipping train cars, vehicles, buses and shipping containers.

Converting abandoned or soon-to-close coal mines into solar farms could provide enough power to meet the demands of a country the size of Germany, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis.

It would allow the mine’s operator, Signal Peak Energy, to mine nearly 60 million tons of coal, mostly for export to Asia. “This is what energy leadership looks like,” Doug Burgum, the ...

The mine produced just over 640,000 tons of coal and employed 164 workers in the second quarter of this year, according to U.S. Mining Safety and Health Administration data.

CALGARY - Old coal mines on the eastern slopes of the Alberta Rockies are leaching chemicals that are poisoning the fish downstream, says a new study by Alberta government scientists.

BATHINDA: Coal mines that have been abandoned or will be closed by the end of this decade hold enough potential photovoltaic (PV) solar capacity, finds a new report from Global Energy Monitor (GEM ...

June 6 (UPI) -- The Department of the Interior on Friday announced approval of a mining plan modification for Bull Mountains coal mine in Montana, a move criticized by environmental organizations.

Disused coal mines could be refashioned to place vast fields of solar panels, a new report suggests, providing an unlikely solution to a common obstacle to uptake of the green energy source.