From Europe to North America, an energy revolution is breathing new life into empty, long-forgotten coal mine shafts—by repurposing them into places to store renewable energy. Using "gravity batteries ...

A coal borehole is a drilled hole that can provide access to assess coal quality or mine for the material. An abandoned coal borehole in Queensland was found to be open and emitting pollution ...

Assistant Clinical Professor of Critical Resources & Sustainability Analytics, University of Maryland Across Appalachia, rust-colored water seeps from abandoned coal mines, staining rocks orange and ...

Reasons to be Cheerful explains how "gravity batteries" are giving former mines a second life—while offering an economic and environmental boost to communities once reliant on coal. From Europe to ...