Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern's bid to create the largest rail merger in history was rejected last week by federal ...

After lower coal production forecasts by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), railroads are again worried about the proposed regulation by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (:EPA) for ...

For the early part of its history, Brookfield Township, which was founded in 1799, was a rural community economically driven ...

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Mineral Resources Management recently awarded funding to six new projects that will help communities across Ohio impacted by abandoned ...

Anthracite Mining Heritage Month will be marked throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania. A full calendar of regional events is available at and will be updated with ...

Extractive industries have supported Greene County, Pennsylvania's economy for decades like coal mining and natural gas.

A mining and processing business in California is replacing one coal plant but says another could stay online for many years. Searles Valley Minerals, a mining and processing plant in Trona, Calif., ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The Bureau of Land Management is considering allowing access to 177 million tons of coal for ...