Chalfant Run, where the water currently looks milky-white because of aluminum from acid mine drainage. Pennsylvania is getting unprecedented amounts of federal money to clean up old coal mines. Last ...

School buses used for demolition derbies at the Sykesville Fairgrounds may now be out of commission after flames tore through them Monday afternoon.Witnesses sa Questions raised over state grant for ...

This file photo shows Shamokin Creek in Shamokin, Pa. Drainage from thousands of abandoned coal mines has contaminated thousands of miles of rivers and streams in the state. More than $101 million is ...

A group tours Earth Conservancy’s Truesdale Bank area in Luzerne County, Pa., where the Nanticoke Creek once flowed. Credit: Courtesy of Earth Conservancy In Luzerne County, in northeast Pennsylvania, ...

Across Appalachia, rust-colored water seeps from abandoned coal mines, staining rocks orange and coating stream beds with metals. These acidic discharges, known as acid mine drainage, are among the ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has announced its support for developing a program to recover usable metals from acid mine drainage, according to a release from the DEP.