Across coal country, the same toxic sludge and rust-colored water that once symbolized the end of an industry is starting to ...

Coal mines are notorious sources of acid mine drainage, but the orange sludge that threatens water supplies and wildlife also ...

Virginia Tech scientists have developed a technology that removes water from coal slurry ponds, lowering the amount of toxic waste potentially seeping into the water table and poisoning wells. Mining ...

Warrior Met Coal in Tuscaloosa County, one of the leading producers of metallurgical coal in the United States, will pay $250,000 as part of a settlement agreement to fix a coal slurry impoundment and ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 15, 2003 — DTE Energy has made significant progress toward commercial recovery of a previously untapped energy resource — fine coal from abandoned fine-coal slurry ponds. The ...

"VALLEY SO LOW: ONE LAWYER'S FIGHT FOR JUSTICE IN THE WAKE OF AMERICA'S GREAT COAL CATASTROPHE" by Jared Sullivan (Knopf, 384 pages, $30). On Dec. 22, 2008, in the East Tennessee town of Kingston, an ...

Coal-water slurry combustion represents an evolving avenue in energy research, offering a promising alternative to conventional coal combustion by utilising finely milled coal particles dispersed ...

In an era where sustainable energy solutions are more critical than ever, a team of researchers from East China University of Science and Technology and Aston University has made significant strides ...

Five states still support method of injecting chemical into abandoned mines. MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Regulators in a handful of Appalachian states that let coal companies inject slurry into abandoned ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than a billion gallons of toxic sludge came crashing into Harriman, Tennessee, in the wee hours of a December morning in 2008 ...

A West Virginia coal plant has spilled over 100,000 gallons of coal slurry in a six-mile stretch of creek in the second major environmental incident in the state in a month. State officials are ...