An in-depth look at the environmental impact of Illinois mining and reclamation efforts. For nearly a century, Illinois was one of the top coal producing states. While mining is greatly diminished ...

DONIE — Five homeschoolers pick fist-size garlic cloves, green jalapeños, strawberries, squash and kale on a breezy Thursday morning in late June. They’re volunteering at a local food garden where ...

A geomorphic reclamation site in the Gas Hills in 2018, left, and in 2023. A team of UW researchers, armed with a three-year, $450,000 National Science Foundation grant, is studying how mine ...

The Iowa Department of Agriculture embarked this month on the reclamation of 162 acres of abandoned mine land the Pella Wildlife Area, the largest of about 120 that have taken place in Iowa since the ...

Decades after underground coal mining all but ended in Eastern Pennsylvania, residents of certain areas continue today to face a hidden danger: mine subsidence. Gaping holes sometimes open without ...

It is a common assumption that mining activities are destroying biodiversity, leaving degraded land and polluting water ...

Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story. When Jim Kuipers started accumulating information for his guide to Hardrock Reclamation Bonding Practices in the Western United States, ...

Lawmakers, including two from Pennsylvania, are asking for a federal investigation into the full extent of environmental damage caused by what are known as “zombie” surface mines, which may ...