Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (File photo by Monty Rakusen via Getty Images) Despite federal cuts by Congress to a program to help Appalachian states clean up ...

From luxury escapes to sun beaten colonial landmarks, these former mining cities have reinvented themselves as ski resorts, ...

The vast expanse of the United States is dotted with fascinating mining towns that have been all but abandoned, leaving only ...

A bill aimed at averting another government shutdown this month would divert $500 million for states and tribal governments to repair landscapes damaged by coal mining. Pennsylvania, with a ...