Just beyond a fenced-off access road in fields of tall grass on public land in Pennsylvania’s northwest sits a natural gas well pad that sat idle for close to a decade. The old fracking site suddenly ...

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is recommending changes to a 151-year-old law that governs mining for copper, gold and other hard rock minerals on U.S.-owned lands, including making companies ...

NESQUEHONING, Pa. — More than a century ago, coal miners helped settle the valley in Carbon County that's home to Nesquehoning. Now, the remnants of that coal mining past are being used to power a new ...

Inspired by the Keweenaw’s iconic Quincy Mine, shown here, Michigan Tech researchers found that siting closed loop underground hydropower systems in old hard-metal mines can empower surrounding ...