Last month, the Trump administration nominated mining industry association executive Wayne Palmer to head MSHA.

This eerie town sits above a coal mine fire that has been continuously burning for well over half a century and has been ...

The Engineering News and American Contract Journal ran a story about the Pennsylvania Railroad in Schuylkill County in 1885. ...

A North Korean ship believed to have been smuggling coal sank in February after colliding with a Chinese vessel, South Korean media reported Thursday. Newsweek reached out to the Chinese Foreign ...

LEBANON TWP. - The Lebanon Township Museum will host "Tracks Through Time: The Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad Then & Now" at 11:15 a.m. on Saturday, March 22, at the museum at 57 ...

A proposed trail linking Carbon and Schuylkill counties got a reboot this month, as stakeholders gathered for a kickoff meeting in Tamaqua. State Sen. Dave Argall said that a study was done 20 years ...

The major product carried on L&NE was anthracite coal. From the late 19th century until the 1950s, anthracite coal was the most popular fuel for heating homes and other buildings in the northern U ...

John Williams wasn’t a particularly tall man, standing at 5 feet, 6 inches, but he made a big impact after joining the Union ...

Following its most successful year to date in 2024, the Reading & Northern Passenger Department launched its 2025 regular ...

Many parts of the UK are smoke control areas where you cannot release smoke from a chimney or you can only burn authorised ...

About 80% of South Africa's electricity still comes from burning coal. The country's 108 coal mines have resulted in many communities being forced off their land from the 1970s to date. They have not ...