A massive anthracite mine fire has turned Centralia, Pennsylvania, into a ghost town, and it’ll likely continue burning for ...

MELCROFT, Pa. — Company towns used to dot the landscape in the rolling hills of southwestern Pennsylvania, where coal mining drove commerce in the early 20th century — and left a legacy of ...

Climate change is not just changing our atmosphere, it is changing the fabric of many rural towns nationwide. As the United States has moved to renewable sources of energy, it has strained the coal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Today, little remains of the once-thriving mining town of Centralia, Pennsylvania.picture alliance/dpa/picture alliance via Getty ...

Girardville, a tiny, past-its-prime coal town hidden in the Schuylkill County mountains, could be worth more dead than alive. Locals say a thick stretch of the Mammoth coal vein that minted the town’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the September evening inched along, the line of residents waiting their turn for the microphone held steady. Filing down the ...

That is the thrill of exploring caves and old mines. They offer a world of echoing chambers, rugged rock walls, hidden ...

Today, little remains of the once-thriving mining town of Centralia, Pennsylvania.picture alliance/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Over 60 years ago, Centralia, Pennsylvania, was a bustling coal ...